The Supreme Court of Canada announced its decision in Bedford v. Canada Friday. UBC experts, some of whom are involved in the case, are available to comment.
Janine Benedet
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law
Counsel for the intervener, Women’s Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution
Phone: 778.862.8444
Email: benedet@law.ubc.ca (best to reached by e-mail, cellphone will be off in courtroom)
- Relationship between prostitution and violence against women
- What new laws might replace the existing ones, if any are struck down
Christine Boyle
Professor Emerita, Faculty of Law
Co-counsel for the intervener, Asian Women Coalition Ending Prostitution
Phone: 604.321.0939
Email: boyle@law.ubc.ca
- Constitutionality of the laws
- Discrimination
Becki Ross
Professor, Sociology
Email: becki.ross@ubc.ca
- “Sex workers must play a leadership role in every conversation about who they are, what they need, and how best to ensure their safety, security, and substantive citizenship in the event that the misguided and harmful Canadian laws are revoked.”
- To read a Q&A with Ross about sex work laws, click here.
Scott Anderson
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Email: scott.anderson@ubc.ca
- Prostitution, women’s issues
- Ethics and coercion
Marina Adshade
Vancouver School of Economics
Phone: 604.916.3052
Email: marina.adshade@ubc.ca
- Law changes, impacts on the sex trade market
- International comparisons on economics of sex trade
- Taxation and licensing of sex trade workers