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A high-profile former sex worker who led a successful challenge of Canada’s prostitution laws was kicked out of a Senate hearing after running afoul of committee rules – and threatening to make public a list of politicians who hire prostitutes.
Terri-Jean Bedford was testifying before the committee and grew emotional when a senator asked her how the new laws would affect her business.
She demanded more time to answer, but Conservative chairman Sen. Bob Runciman told her she was subject to the same rules as other witnesses.
Bedford refused to stop speaking and Runciman adjourned the meeting, threatening to call security.
Bedford was one of the main litigants in the landmark Supreme Court case which threw out the old law last December and gave the government a year to craft a new one.
Agencies/Canadajournal
