Vancouver Prostitutes Incorporate Canada's First Sex Industry Co-Op

Ultimately, the co-op would be like a safe place for prostitutes to conduct business, as well as a place to offer education and skills training to sex-industry workers. Davis said the co-op hopes to set up profitable enterprises, such as a catering business and a publishing house, which could give sex workers marketable skills for other work. "It is intended to provide choices," she said. "You're talking about a group of people, some of whom haven't put anything on their resumes in 20 years." The group will be lobbying the federal government for an exemption to federal laws against prostitution in order to open the brothel, preferably near the Port of Vancouver. Davis said Vancouver has opened its doors to a safe-injection site for drug users in order to save lives and it's time to do the same for sex industry workers. ... http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080215/national/sex_co_op

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