Supreme Court to rule on prostitution laws

The Canadian Supreme Court will make its ruling on the country’s sex-trade Friday.

According to CTV, this comes 34 years after the courts have last upheld Canada’s anti-prostitution laws.

Last March however, Ontario ruled against an anti-brothel law, saying that forcing sex workers onto the streets was dangerous.

The decision also modified the law against living on the benefits of the trade to prevent exploitation and upheld the ban on soliciting for the purposes of prostitution.

The first two parts of the decision were appealed by both the federal and Ontario governments.

As such, the decision to be made Friday will be closely followed by sex-trade workers, civil rights, women's rights and evangelical groups.