Street prostitution was once rife in Montreal.
I no longer see any of this. I don't know how it happened but the sidewalk sex trade has greatly diminished here in Montreal.
Two major developments coincide with this return to sanity. One, the rise of massage parlours in Montreal. Suddenly massage parlours everywhere, like depanneurs. (Just wait for the all-in-one gas station-corner store-massage parlour).
The second trend is of course, the internet.
Two major developments coincide with this return to sanity. One, the rise of massage parlours in Montreal. Suddenly massage parlours everywhere, like depanneurs. (Just wait for the all-in-one gas station-corner store-massage parlour).
The second trend is of course, the internet.
Specifically, craigslist where people can post free ads to make whatever arrangements they want to make with whomever they want to do whatever they want behind closed doors. There are around 500 such ads daily in Montreal alone.
But Rob Nicholson, Canada's Federal Minister of Justice hath written a braid letter and sign'd it wi' his hand. It demands that Craiglist remove its erotic ads section based on the notion that craigslist ads promote sex trafficking. A couple of provinces and the RCMP have duplicated the gesture.
Unlike other ads, craigslist demands identification co-ordinates from those who place erotic service ads. The RCMP has been given a resource that allows them to easily investigate for kidnappers, or underagers, just ring up, get the address and go ask questions.
One big lobby group that appears to be influencing this new initiative is the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. It favours criminalizing men who seek commercial sex, a practice they claim has been effective since 1999 in Sweden. Alas their many references to the problem of sex trafficking in Canada all date to long before craigslist was even invented, proving inadvertently that eliminating sex ads on craigslist will not wipe out sex trafficking in Canada.
Hopefully sanity will prevail and this latest bad initiative will simply be ignored.
So you might not be interested in frequenting Montreal's foot fetish girl, Major Porn Star, Amazing Iranian, Pregnant Lady, or cute thailandise girl with nice breast 22, but leaving them alone to do whatever the heck they do doesn't seem like asking much.
But Rob Nicholson, Canada's Federal Minister of Justice hath written a braid letter and sign'd it wi' his hand. It demands that Craiglist remove its erotic ads section based on the notion that craigslist ads promote sex trafficking. A couple of provinces and the RCMP have duplicated the gesture.
Unlike other ads, craigslist demands identification co-ordinates from those who place erotic service ads. The RCMP has been given a resource that allows them to easily investigate for kidnappers, or underagers, just ring up, get the address and go ask questions.
One big lobby group that appears to be influencing this new initiative is the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. It favours criminalizing men who seek commercial sex, a practice they claim has been effective since 1999 in Sweden. Alas their many references to the problem of sex trafficking in Canada all date to long before craigslist was even invented, proving inadvertently that eliminating sex ads on craigslist will not wipe out sex trafficking in Canada.
Hopefully sanity will prevail and this latest bad initiative will simply be ignored.
So you might not be interested in frequenting Montreal's foot fetish girl, Major Porn Star, Amazing Iranian, Pregnant Lady, or cute thailandise girl with nice breast 22, but leaving them alone to do whatever the heck they do doesn't seem like asking much.
Australia has taken a wiser, more effective direction regarding prostitution.
ReplyDeleteDiscreetly-located brothels are legal and come under the jurisdiction of the health department, not the criminal justice system.
Streetwalkers are not often seen, and furthermore, much of the trade has moved online--the ideal place for it, in my opinion.