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Podcast: The Big Story
Episode: Will the supreme court decide the future of sex work in Canada?
Description: After a Charter challenge was turned away in Ontario, an appeal may bring the laws that govern sex work in this country directly to the supreme court—and these laws are a battleground right now.At the heart of it is this question: Is sex work inherently exploitative? Or can it be just a job? And if it can't be, then why have the courts sided with a Halifax sex worker who took a non-paying client to small claims court, and won?GUEST: Dr. Meredith Ralston, professor, Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax; filmmaker and au...