Wow... seems like this one guy has a simple solution: just close
everyone in York region including Markham, Richmond Hill, Vaughan and Aurora! Pretty ambitious agenda to make all sex work "a thing of the past"!
At an Oct. 14 meeting, Robert Vallee, with Parents Against Child Trafficking and Council of Women Against Sex Trafficking, called on regional council to make York the first zone in Ontario free from sex trafficking and prostitution through body rub parlours.
Vallee urged municipalities across the region to โexit the businessโ in the same way Newmarket did.
In June, Newmarket council approved a bylaw requiring workers in massage establishments to have Canadian accreditation.
The town's new bylaw aims to capture the difference between legitimate massage, wellness and spa businesses, and โrub and tugโ parlours offering services related to sex.
Vallee praised Newmarket's initiative, saying it will enable the town to shut down body rub parlours and bogus wellness centres.
Vallee said Markham, Vaughan, Richmond Hill and Aurora continue to have a problem with businesses selling sex illegally and should follow Newmarketโs lead.
It's illegal, under Canadaโs Criminal Code, to earn money from owning, managing or working for a business knowing sexual services are purchased there, but Vallee said his groupโs investigation has found 135 such businesses in York region โoperating in broad daylight.โ
He called on council to request changes from the Attorney General and Solicitor General to make โstrip clubs, bogus massage parlours and escort agencies a thing of the past.โ
York Region committee of the whole has asked staff for a report after a delegation raised concerns about body rubs being a front for prostitution.
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