A Closer Look: Jody Paterson

I'm a communications strategist and writer with a journalism background, a drifter's spirit, and a growing sense of alarm at where this world is going. I am happiest when writing pieces that identify, contextualize and background societal problems big and small in hopes of helping us at least slow our deepening crises.

Showing posts with label Bill C-36. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Bill C-36. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Justin Trudeau's stand on decriminalizing still a work in progress

While I keep my distance from politics, I've somehow ended up on the federal Liberal email list and have been receiving message...

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

So much misinformation in Senate sex-work hearings

Having a Twitter feed during the Senate's meetings on sex work is both a blessing and a curse. I got so much minute-by-minute in...

Tuesday, September 02, 2014

Revised post: First day of Senate invitation list shuts out sex workers, but things improve on Days 2 and 3

And yet another revision as of Sept. 10: Yes, the speaker lineup had more balance than I initially thought, but sex-worker organizations ...

Monday, August 25, 2014

Victoria Sexual Assault Centre bravely breaks from the pack to stand in solidarity with sex workers

Draw close to the debate about decriminalizing the sex industry in Canada and you will quickly learn that while sex workers' org...

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

I'm just going to keep saying this: Stop Bill C-36

I wrote this response to a couple of my Facebook friends just now on a great comment thread that has developed on my Facebook site...

Monday, August 11, 2014

Canada looks better from a distance these days

It appears that I may have developed an idealistic sense of Canada while I was off living in Honduras these last two years. I was ...

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Search for the truth on sex work

So many untruths are being bandied about as the Tories try to railroad uncertain Canadians into accepting new prostitution laws that w...

Saturday, July 12, 2014

CUPE Ontario has the right idea: Sex work regs ought to be about workers' rights

CUPE is my new favourite union now that CUPE Ontario president Fred Hahn has written a piece in the National Post saying the thing Ca...

Tuesday, July 08, 2014

Federal hearings finally put a spotlight on empowered sex workers

While I'm offended as a Canadian that the future of my country is in the hands of people as uninformed, close-minded and unworld...

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Anti-sex work revamp is just so wrong

Could this be Peter MacKay? How timely to have University of Victoria researcher Cecilia Benoit and her team looking into the realitie...

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