Canadian MP Francoise Boivin best summed up the impact of Bill C, a law introduced in Canada in that criminalises people paying prostitutes for sex, while still allowing prostitutes to go about their business. In the attempt to protect them, however, has the new law made their situation even worse? On the investigation trail is stripper-turned-pop singer Lowell, who talks to those behind the bill as well as those affected by it, and compares the situation in Canada to that on the other side of the border in Nevada, where the sex industry is completely legal.
Lowell brings her knowledge of the sex trade to the job and questions whether Bill C has put more people in danger than it has helped. The motivation behind changing the law is certainly well-intentioned, with parliamentarian Joy Smith talking about the high incidence of sexual trafficking. Four million women across the world are currently suffering in forced sexual labour, according to the International Labour Organization. Bill C treats those girls and women as victims, and its provisions are aimed at keeping them safe from predators and traffickers.
As Lowell discovers, for those who view prostitution as their profession, they see the bill as wanting to take away their livelihood.
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