Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada are seen during a welcome ceremony at the Supreme Court, in Ottawa, Feb. 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

R v. Kloubakov: Supreme Court of Canada ignores sex workers in case on sex work

The Supreme Court has chosen to exclude from intervention the voices of those directly impacted. This exclusion rehearses Canada’s longer history of excluding sex workers.
Searchers pulled the bodies of two families who had attempted to cross the Canada-U.S. border from the St. Lawrence River in Akwesasne, Que. on March 31. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

After the migrant deaths in Akwesasne, Canadian immigration law must reckon with its colonial history

The recent deaths of migrants trying to cross the Canada-U.S. border through Indigenous territory highlight the history of colonial dispossession that the border represents.
Asian migrant massage workers and allies rally against Newmarket’s discriminatory licensing crackdown on their workplaces in front of Newmarket Municipal Offices. (Friends of Chinatown Toronto)

An Ontario crackdown on massage parlours continues Canada’s legacy of anti‑Asian racism

Newmarket’s draconian use of bylaws and licensing to target and displace Asian massage workers risks taking us back to a racist past in Canadian history, where Asians were seen as moral threats.

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