The solution to Canada’s strange solicitation laws

Xtra.ca chats with Georgina Beyer

As the constitutional challenge to Canada’s bizzare solicitation laws continues to unfold, Xtra.ca brings you our conversation from earlier in the year with Georgina Beyer. Beyer is a former member of the New Zealand parliament with some great insight into the criminalization of sex work.


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