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Monday, January 14, 2013

Prostitution Report Given To Common Council

Suggestions by Common Councillor Susan Fullerton to use city sidewalk and traffic bylaws to remove prostitutes from uptown streets have been shot down by the Police Commission. 

In a report for Common Council, the Police Commission describes the ideas as not being feasible, lawful or ethical. 

The sex trade workers in the city, numbering from 35 to 55 with 20 forming a core, are beset by poverty, drug addiction and mental health issues according to the report. It goes on to say they have been marginalised being viewed by many people as nobodies who engage in survival sex in exchange for basic needs which include food, shelter and drugs.