January 15, 2008

We waited three months for the judgment and when it arrived the news was good: we won!  The judge ruled that Canada Post did not have legal authority to prohibit our election flyer and ordered Canada Post to clean up its legal act and re-write its regulations prohibiting sexual material.

Our lawsuit against Canada Post goes to trial next week in Federal Court in Vancouver. It starts Oct 15 and goes for three days.

The case has generated a mountain of documents and an enormous amount of work for the Sex Party.

But the battle is worth it.

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Wednesday March 21, 2007 8.45 am PST
For Immediate Release

At this moment in Toronto Ontario a group of sex workers and their legal team are announcing the first major court challenge to the laws prohibiting most forms of sex work in Canada.

On January 12, 2006 The Sex Party sued Canada Post in Federal Court over its decision refusing to deliver the Party's political leaflet as unaddressed mail in the upcoming federal election.

At tomorrow's press conference (Thursday April 14, 2005) at 10.30am at the Vancouver Public Library Firehall Branch, The Sex Party will discuss routine news media policies that the Party contends help perpetuate sex negativity. We will feature specific examples from the following news organizations:

The BC Civil Liberties Association calls "inappropriate and contrary to law" the ban on liquor sales at Sex Party events that feature erotic performance art.

Violent touch OK in licenced premises; but erotic touch banned

The Sex Party has made good on its promise to challenge in court the sex-negative policies and decisions of the provincial Liquor Licencing Branch. The Party filed a Petition in the BC Supreme Court Wednesday afternoon May 4, 2005 against the General Manager of the Branch.

The Sex Party, a non-profit society and registered political party in British Columbia, announces that it will:
*run candidates in the BC election
*host fundraising events with live-sex art installations
*sue BC bureaucrats for interfering in our election campaign