In December, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the current set of laws didn’t adequately protect sex workers, and gave the Federal Government a year to come up with new laws that do.

The Government is now working to figure out what the public thinks.

If you’d like to share your opinion on the matter, there is a very short survey at: http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cons/curr-cours/proscons-conspros/index.html#2014_02_17*

*click on “Consultation Questions”

There are a number of viewpoints on the issue, and this article along with its corresponding comments, provide a number of them:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/editorials/prostitution-should-it-be-legal-yes/article17173130/