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For a self-proclaimed progressive government, with a declared feminist prime minister, it is beyond odd that the Liberals have not moved to repeal the Conservative prostitution law, drafted hastily after the Supreme Court struck down the existing law in 2013.

Department of Justice sources admit such a law is unlikely to see the light of day before the next election. That has set the Liberals on a collision course with their erstwhile allies in the legal and sex worker communities.

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Pivot Legal Society, set up in Vancouver to represent the marginalized and disenfranchised, says it will decide whether to launch a fresh constitutional challenge by the end of next month. The Canadian Alliance for Sex Workers Law Reform says it is “losing patience” with the Liberals.

“It’s not a political winner, but we have a Supreme Court decision that gave sex workers rights and they need to be upheld,” said Jenn Clamen, a co-ordinator at the Alliance.