File Number: 34788 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA (ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO) BETWEEN: ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA Appellant (Respondent on Cross-Appeal) - and - TERRI JEAN BEDFORD, AMY LEBOVITCH and VALERIE SCOTT Respondents (Appellants on Cross-Appeal) - and - PIVOT LEGAL SOCIETY, DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE SEX WORKERS UNITED AGAINST VIOLENCE and PACE SOCIETY, THE SECRETARIAT OF THE JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON HIV/AIDS, THE BRITISH COLUMBIA CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION, THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CANADA, THE CANADIAN HIV/AIDS LEGAL NETWORK, BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV/AIDS and HIV & AIDS LEGAL CLINIC ONTARIO , THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTRES, NATIVE WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF ELIZABETH FRY SOCIETIES, ACTION ONTARIENNE CONTRE LA VIOLENCE FAITE AUX FEMMES, CONCERTATION DES LUTTES CONTRE L'EXPLOITATION SEXUELLE, REGROUPEMENT QUÉBÉCOIS DES CENTRES D'AIDE ET DE LUTTE CONTRE LES AGRESSIONS À CARACTÈRE SEXUEL and VANCOUVER RAPE RELIEF SOCIETY, CHRISTIAN LEGAL FELLOWSHIP, CATHOLIC CIVIL RIGHTS LEAGUE and REAL WOMEN OF CANADA, THE DAVID ASPER CENTRE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, THE INSTITUT SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, THE AWCEP ASIAN WOMEN FOR EQUALITY SOCIETY, OPERATING AS ASIAN WOMEN COALITION ENDING PROSTITUTION and THE ABORIGINAL LEGAL SERVICES OF TORONTO INC. Interveners AND BETWEEN: ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO Appellant (Respondent on Cross-Appeal) - and - TERRI JEAN BEDFORD, AMY LEBOVITCH and VALERIE SCOTT Respondents (Appellants on Cross-Appeal) - and - PIVOT LEGAL SOCIETY, DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE SEX WORKERS UNITED AGAINST VIOLENCE and PACE SOCIETY, THE SECRETARIAT OF THE JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON HIV/AIDS, THE BRITISH COLUMBIA CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION, THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CANADA, THE CANADIAN HIV/AIDS LEGAL NETWORK, BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV/AIDS and HIV & AIDS LEGAL CLINIC ONTARIO , THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTRES, NATIVE WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF ELIZABETH FRY SOCIETIES, ACTION ONTARIENNE CONTRE LA VIOLENCE FAITE AUX FEMMES, CONCERTATION DES LUTTES CONTRE L'EXPLOITATION SEXUELLE, REGROUPEMENT QUÉBÉCOIS DES CENTRES D'AIDE ET DE LUTTE CONTRE LES AGRESSIONS À CARACTÈRE SEXUEL and VANCOUVER RAPE RELIEF SOCIETY, CHRISTIAN LEGAL FELLOWSHIP, CATHOLIC CIVIL RIGHTS LEAGUE and REAL WOMEN OF CANADA, THE DAVID ASPER CENTRE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, THE INSTITUT SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, THE AWCEP ASIAN WOMEN FOR EQUALITY SOCIETY, OPERATING AS ASIAN WOMEN COALITION ENDING PROSTITUTION and THE ABORIGINAL LEGAL SERVICES OF TORONTO INC. Interveners ______________________________________________________________________________ FACTUM OF THE INTERVENERS, CHRISTIAN LEGAL FELLOWSHIP, CATHOLIC CIVIL RIGHTS LEAGUE and REAL WOMEN OF CANADA ______________________________________________________________________________ BENNETT JONES LLP BENNETT JONES LLP 3400 One First Canadian Place World Exchange Plaza P.O. Box 130 1900 – 45 O’Connor Street Toronto, Ontario Ottawa, Ontario M4X 1A4 K1P 1A4 Robert W. Staley Sheridan Scott Ranjan K. Agarwal Amanda McLachlan Telephone: (416) 863-1200 Telephone: (613) 683-2300 Facsimile: (416) 863-1216 Facsimile: (613) 683-2323 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Lawyers for the interveners Agent to the interveners ORIGINAL TO: THE REGISTRAR Supreme Court of Canada COPIES TO: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Ontario Regional Office Bank of Canada Building - East Tower The Exchange Tower 234 Wellington Street, Room 1212 130 King Street West Ottawa, Ontario Suite 3400 K1A 0H8 Toronto, Ontario M5X 1K6 Michael H. Morris Christopher M. Rupar Telephone: (416) 973-9704 Telephone: (613) 941-2351 Facsimile: (416) 952-4518 Facsimile: (416) 952-4518 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Lawyers for the Appellant/Respondent on Agents for the Appellant/Respondent on Cross-Appeal, Attorney General of Canada Cross-Appeal, Attorney General of Canada MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY BURKE-ROBERTSON GENERAL 10th Floor 441 MacLaren Street 720 Bay Street Suite 200 Toronto, Ontario Ottawa, Ontario M5G 2K1 K2P 2H3 Jamie Klukach Robert E. Houston, Q.C. Christine E. Bartlett-Hughes Megan Stephens Telephone: (416) 326-4639 Telephone: (613) 236-9665 Facsimile: (416) 326-4656 Facsimile: (613) 235-4430 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Lawyers for the Appellant/Respondent on Agents for the Appellant/Respondent on Cross-Appeal, Attorney General of Ontario Cross-Appeal, Attorney General of Ontario ALAN N. YOUNG SACK GOLDBLATT MITCHELL LLP Barrister & Solicitor 500 - 30 Metcalfe Street Osgoode Hall Law School Ottawa, Ontario 4700 Keele Street, Room 428 K1P 5L4 Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 Fiona Campbell Telephone: (416) 736-5595 Telephone: (613) 235-5327 Ext: 2451 Facsimile: (416) 736-5736 Facsimile: (613) 235-3041 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Lawyers for the Respondent/Appellant on Agents for the Respondent/Appellant on Cross-Appeal, Terri Jean Bedford Cross-Appeal, Terri Jean Bedford MARZEL LAW SACK GOLDBLATT MITCHELL LLP 265 Rimrock Road, Suite 200 500 - 30 Metcalfe Street Toronto, Ontario Ottawa, Ontario M3J 3C6 K1P 5L4 Yaron Marzel Fiona Campbell Stacey Nichols Telephone: (416) 485-5800 Telephone: (613) 235-5327 Ext: 2451 Facsimile: (416) 485-1610 Facsimile: (613) 235-3041 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Lawyers for the Respondent/Appellant on Agents for the Respondent/Appellant on Cross-Appeal, Amy Lebovitvh Cross-Appeal, Amy Lebovitvh SACK GOLDBLATT MITCHELL LLP SACK GOLDBLATT MITCHELL LLP 1100- 20 Dundas St. W. 500 - 30 Metcalfe Street Toronto, Ontario Ottawa, Ontario M5G 2G8 K1P 5L4 Marlys Edwardh Fiona Campbell Daniel Sheppard Telephone: (416) 979-4380 Telephone: (613) 235-5327 Ext: 2451 Facsimile: (416) 979-4430 Facsimile: (613) 235-3041 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Lawyers for the Respondent/Appellant on Agents for the Respondent/Appellant on Cross-Appeal, Valerie Scott Cross-Appeal, Valerie Scott PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL DU QUÉBEC NOËL & ASSOCIÉS 1200, Route de l'Église, 2ème étage 111, rue Champlain Québec, Quebec Gatineau, Quebec G1V 4M1 J8X 3R1 Sylvain Leboeuf Pierre Landry Julie Dassylva Telephone: (418) 643-1477 Ext: 21010 Telephone: (819) 771-7393 Facsimile: (418) 644-7030 Facsimile: (819) 771-5397 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Lawyers for the Intervener, Attorney General Agents for the Intervener, Attorney General of Quebec of Quebec PIVOT LEGAL LLP MCMILLAN LLP 121 Heatley Avenue 50 O'Connor Street Vancouver, BC V6A 3E9 Suite 300 Ottawa, ON K1P 6L2 Katrina Pacey Jeffrey Beedell Anne Glaude Jonathan O'Hara Telephone: (604) 255-9700 Ext: 103 Telephone: (613) 232-7171 Ext: 122 Facsimile: (604) 255-1552 Facsimile: (613) 231-3191 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: Jonathan.O'[email protected] Lawyers for the Interveners, Pivot Legal Agents for the Interveners, Pivot Legal Society, Downtown Eastside Sex Workers Society, Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence and PACE Society United Against Violence and PACE Society MCCARTHY TETRAULT LLP OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT LLP Pacific Centre 340 Albert Street P.O. Box 10424 Suite 1300 Suite 1900 777 Dunsmuir Street Ottawa, Ontario Vancouver, BC V7Y 1K2 K1R 7Y6 Michael Feder Patricia J. Wilson Tammy Shoranick Telephone: (604) 643-5986 Telephone: (613) 787-1009 Facsimile: (604) 622-5614 Facsimile: (613) 235-2867 Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Lawyers for the Intervener, Secretariat of Agents for the Intervener, Secretariat of the Joint United Nations Programme on the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS HUNTER LITIGATION CHAMBERS MICHAEL J. SOBKIN Suite 2100 – 1040 West Georgia Street 90 blvd. de Lucerne Vancouver, British Columbia Unit #2 V6E 4H1 Gatineau, QC J9H 7K8 Brent Olthuis Megan Vis-Dunbar Telephone: (604) 891-2400 Telephone: (819) 778-7794 Facsimile: (604) 647-4554 Facsimile: (819) 778-1740 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Lawyers for the Intervener, British Columbia Agent for the Intervener, British Columbia Civil Liberties Association Civil Liberties Association EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF SUPREME ADVOCACY LLP CANADA 130 Albert Street 397 Gladstone Avenue Suite 1810 Suite 100 Ottawa, ON K1P 5G4 Ottawa, ON K2P 0Y9 Georgialee A. Lang Marie-France Major Donald Hutchison Eugene Meehan, Q.C. Telephone: (613) 233-9868 Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 101 Facsimile: (613) 233-0301 Facsimile: (613) 695-8580 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Lawyers for the Intervener, Evangelical Agents for the Intervener, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada Fellowship of Canada COOPER & SANDLER SUPREME ADVOCACY LLP 1900-439 University Avenue 397 Gladstone Avenue Toronto, ON M5G 1Y8 Suite 100 Ottawa, ON K2P 0Y9 Jonathan A. Shime Marie-France Major Megan Schwartzentruber Telephone: (416) 585-9191 Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Facsimile: (416) 408-2372 Facsimile: (613) 695-8580 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Lawyers for the Interveners, Canadian Agents for the Interveners, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, British Columbia HIV/AIDS Legal Network, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and HIV Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario FARADAY LAW BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LLP