[SWAF-Potluck] “Federal law kills membership drives,” Triple-X

[Trina Ricketts]

Great article!

On Thu., Jul. 16, 2020, 10:46 a.m. Andrew Sorfleet, <a.sorfleet at gmail.com>
wrote:

> B.C. sex workers' association says federal law kills membership drives
>
>
> https://www.straight.com/living/bc-sex-workers-association-says-federal-law-kills-membership-drives
>
> “It means we are prohibited from collecting annual membership dues and
> we’re prohibited from recruiting new members because we would most
> definitely be counselling and encouraging people to work in the sex
> industry,” Sorfleet said. “So it stands right in the way of sex workers
> being able to form their own association.”
>
> That, he declared, is unconstitutional because the Canadian Charter of
> Rights and Freedoms guarantees freedom of association.
>
> “I would not be afraid to go to court on this,” Sorfleet said. “I believe
> we would win.”
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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