In the Summer of 2013, Alan Young lead a team of lawyers to the ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada relating to Canada's sex work and prostitution laws.
"In 2014, the government .. was given the chance to make history, but instead, chose to repeat the mistakes of history....The government has created a regime which will hurt communities, and is contrary to public interest, as it will push sex workers back into dangerous street forums."[REF] .