John Lowman challenges government to cut hypocrisy and determine what prostitution law and policy should accomplish
Prostitution is legal in Canada, while soliciting is not, exemplifying the hypocrisy present in our society’s responses to it, according to John Lowman, a professor at Simon Fraser University and prostitution policy expert. Prof. Lowman was an expert witness at the Pickton inquiry, which is examining the disappearance of women from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Dr. Lowman has proposed four goals in a decriminalization process.
We speak with John Lowman about law and social policy related to prostitution in Canada.
