Winnipeg moves step closer to cutting ties with body rub parlours and escort agencies

[Bolek 15]

Is coming 🙂

 

The city could soon cut ties with adult-oriented businesses operating in Winnipeg.

In a unanimous vote, the Mayor’s Executive Policy Committee voted in favour of a report to repeal licensing requirements and rules for escort agencies, escorts, body rub parlours and body rub practitioners.

“This would be obviously a very big change and a historic change,” said Mayor Brian Bowman.

The move comes after advocates fighting against human trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and girls urged the city to end the licensing regime.

“The city is the pimp, it endorses it, and we don’t want to be seen as that way,” said advocate Joy Smith. They say the businesses are prone to sex trafficking and exploitation and that the city should not profit from this.

“Body rub parlours, escort services, and other so-called adult businesses are conduits to the horrific abuse of women and girls,” said Smith. According to the report, the city currently issues licenses for two body parlours, 27 body rub practitioners, one independent escort agency and one escort.

It says ending the license requirement would cost the city around $23,000.

“Let’s not make laws to benefit the few when we know it harms the most,” said Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre Executive Director Diane Redsky. But the committee did not support the entire report.

In a 4-3 vote against, it rejected a plan that would see training for community organizations and taxi drivers to recognize signs of sexual exploitation and trafficking.

Some sex workers raised concerns this type of training could expose them to unwanted surveillance and force them underground.

Claudyne Chevrier, a researcher who has studied sex work, says sex trafficking and sex work should not be lumped together in the same sentence.

“We’re talking about two different realities, and there are many, many sex workers who are not at all trafficked,” said Chevrier.

This now moves to council for a final vote. 

[livenudecats 4072]

The sad part about all of this is these fanatics always go for the low hanging fruit such as the licensed establishments/ladies.

If anyone really, truly thinks that taking away Diamonds' license is going to stop exploitation of women, they are completely out of their minds.  I'd love to have a 1 on 1 town hall debate with any of them and make them prove their point.  They can't so they resort to grandstanding.  All this does is drive the industry further underground making it more dangerous to the ladies involved.  Certainly not safer.  

[marvinjenkins2006 461]

At the end of the day the WPS still won’t go after the MPs unless they know it is forcing girls into it or there are underage girls participating. 

Since the law changed the only place that has been closed is Notre Dame and they were luring women. 

[Bergvolk 39]

Legalization is the best way to protect  the young ladies. Most of the abuse happens at the  underground.

[rubintugger 3323]

I don't get it.

They are removing licensing, does that mean they are closing all the shops? 

That's not what it sounds like they are doing, they sound to be just abandoning it altogether. 

Just no longer condoning the practice with a license. 

Which seems to be exactly the opposite of the intent.

[livenudecats 4072]

The problem in situations like this is that you have a group of people who know absolutely nothing about this industry being fed false statistics by extremists like Joy Smith and the Diane Redsky.  In the overly politically correct world we live in, the mere questioning of the fake numbers that they throw around, would be characterised by the liberal press as being in favour of human trafficking which is no where near the truth.  Instead of looking at the issue with the correct information, in a through and analytical way they all just grab a bunch of torches and go looking for witches to burn..

Human trafficking is abhorrent!  Those pimping underage girls should be publicly flogged.  But removing licencing requirements or putting the licenced establishments out of business will have zero effect on this problem.

Unfortunately anyone in public office is too shit scared to stand up and tell the truth.

[spontanious 1425]

9 minutes ago, livenudecats said:

The problem in situations like this is that you have a group of people who know absolutely nothing about this industry being fed false statistics by extremists like Joy Smith and the Diane Redsky.  In the overly politically correct world we live in, the mere questioning of the fake numbers that they throw around, would be characterised by the liberal press as being in favour of human trafficking which is no where near the truth.  Instead of looking at the issue with the correct information, in a through and analytical way they all just grab a bunch of torches and go looking for witches to burn..

Human trafficking is abhorrent!  Those pimping underage girls should be publicly flogged.  But removing licencing requirements or putting the licenced establishments out of business will have zero effect on this problem.

Unfortunately anyone in public office is too shit scared to stand up and tell the truth.

I applaud 👏 your comments well said!