Here's What They Say In Canada
Mr Family had a post about about the opening of a Strip Club in Ireland. How they affects us here, we do not get,
but we do know Mr Famine-- err Mr Family is running out of material. We will soon be hearing about strip clubs on Mars!! But since Canada is right next door and my wife and I own property there, and we know of people from
NE PA who visit Canada, we thought you may want to read this. The issue is not about the legality/morality of strip clubs but proposed rules to keeping them operating uniformily through the province of Ontario.
In the next article, I will tell you about sex on Canadian Television!!!
Recommendations from the Government of Ontario Concerning Strip Clubs
Simplify the Law: In the confusing mishmash of jurisdictions, laws, interpretations and viewpoints, the virtues of simplicity and clarity take on more importance. A single clear set of regulations that define the parameters within which a strip club and strippers may practice would be much appreciated by most of the industry. It would also close the many loopholes through which the more unscrupulous have dragged the rest.
Harmonize the Law: So long as one municipality has different by-laws from the next, strip clubs will always be vulnerable to competition from the neighbouring jurisdiction. The law-abiding will lose their business to those that can give the patrons more of what they want. Although most municipalities might loathe the idea, perhaps the by-laws should instead be replaced by a single provincial law-- or perhaps even a federal one.
Define Decency: A simple request, but one that might make many experienced politicians nervous. The Supreme Court interpretations guided the Hachborn decision and recently determined that a patron can lick and fondle the breasts of a stripper in a club. While Parliament and Provincial Legislatures alike have let the Supreme Court take the lead in Canadian law-making in recent years, the Court has been acting in a vacuum of decisiveness. Yet the Supreme Court will not challenge a clear and strong law from either body.
Let strip-joints be strip-joints. Lap dancing has taken stripping to the edge of display, anything more would have to involve sexual contact. This may be fine, as de facto prostitution already appears to be tolerated in massage parlors and spas, by call girls, and escort agencies. If strip club patrons want sex, they can go elsewhere.
Should lap dancing continue? Many -- probably most -- strippers do not mind lap dancing. If proper safeguards such as panic buttons and floor supervisors are available and if private booths are less private, and if participation in lap dancing is voluntary on the stripper's part, then why fuss? A total ban on lap dancing might be welcome too, but might represent a loss of income for strippers who do appreciate the heavy tips that it brings.
Sic the cops on real problems: Virtually all of Canada's police forces are over-tasked, short on resources and facing what might be considered an embarrassment of matters demanding their attention. Enforcing Elizabethan nuisance laws should be a low priority against, for example, the foreign importation of prostitutes or the use of drug-addicted teenagers as hookers. A dogcatcher who ignores stray Rotweillers and Pit Bulls to concentrate on Toy Poodles and Chihuahuas is not really doing the community or his profession a service.
Sic the enforcement agencies on real problems. No city has enough by-law enforcement officers and the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario does not have enough inspectors to make a serious dent in the black market in alcohol. There are more pressing issues than joining in an anti-nuisance crusade.
Impose strict penalties on Clubs that do not use licensed dancers. This seems a simple solution enough to several abuses. If the Metro Licensing Commission is doing its job, no dancers will be underage, have a record of prostitution, and will have been coerced into stripping. If a club manager or owner is not using licensed dancers, he will deserve severe penalties.
Consider the future status of prostitution: Libertarian ideals are currently not much in favour, and the strong prudential impulse in society does exist for valid reasons. Nevertheless, prostitution already being very much evident and tolerated, perhaps it is time to give it some formal recognition. It does not have to be legalized, but could be officially tolerated without considerable public debate. This would clear the prostitutes and would-be clients out of the strip clubs and into the bordellos where they belong.
There are other matters that might need the public's and the court's attention than strip clubs. If we are to debate the legality or toleration of prostitution, should we begin by providing the illusion of action by investigating the strip clubs? Might there not be better things to do?
but we do know Mr Famine-- err Mr Family is running out of material. We will soon be hearing about strip clubs on Mars!! But since Canada is right next door and my wife and I own property there, and we know of people from
NE PA who visit Canada, we thought you may want to read this. The issue is not about the legality/morality of strip clubs but proposed rules to keeping them operating uniformily through the province of Ontario.
In the next article, I will tell you about sex on Canadian Television!!!
Recommendations from the Government of Ontario Concerning Strip Clubs
Simplify the Law: In the confusing mishmash of jurisdictions, laws, interpretations and viewpoints, the virtues of simplicity and clarity take on more importance. A single clear set of regulations that define the parameters within which a strip club and strippers may practice would be much appreciated by most of the industry. It would also close the many loopholes through which the more unscrupulous have dragged the rest.
Harmonize the Law: So long as one municipality has different by-laws from the next, strip clubs will always be vulnerable to competition from the neighbouring jurisdiction. The law-abiding will lose their business to those that can give the patrons more of what they want. Although most municipalities might loathe the idea, perhaps the by-laws should instead be replaced by a single provincial law-- or perhaps even a federal one.
Define Decency: A simple request, but one that might make many experienced politicians nervous. The Supreme Court interpretations guided the Hachborn decision and recently determined that a patron can lick and fondle the breasts of a stripper in a club. While Parliament and Provincial Legislatures alike have let the Supreme Court take the lead in Canadian law-making in recent years, the Court has been acting in a vacuum of decisiveness. Yet the Supreme Court will not challenge a clear and strong law from either body.
Let strip-joints be strip-joints. Lap dancing has taken stripping to the edge of display, anything more would have to involve sexual contact. This may be fine, as de facto prostitution already appears to be tolerated in massage parlors and spas, by call girls, and escort agencies. If strip club patrons want sex, they can go elsewhere.
Should lap dancing continue? Many -- probably most -- strippers do not mind lap dancing. If proper safeguards such as panic buttons and floor supervisors are available and if private booths are less private, and if participation in lap dancing is voluntary on the stripper's part, then why fuss? A total ban on lap dancing might be welcome too, but might represent a loss of income for strippers who do appreciate the heavy tips that it brings.
Sic the cops on real problems: Virtually all of Canada's police forces are over-tasked, short on resources and facing what might be considered an embarrassment of matters demanding their attention. Enforcing Elizabethan nuisance laws should be a low priority against, for example, the foreign importation of prostitutes or the use of drug-addicted teenagers as hookers. A dogcatcher who ignores stray Rotweillers and Pit Bulls to concentrate on Toy Poodles and Chihuahuas is not really doing the community or his profession a service.
Sic the enforcement agencies on real problems. No city has enough by-law enforcement officers and the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario does not have enough inspectors to make a serious dent in the black market in alcohol. There are more pressing issues than joining in an anti-nuisance crusade.
Impose strict penalties on Clubs that do not use licensed dancers. This seems a simple solution enough to several abuses. If the Metro Licensing Commission is doing its job, no dancers will be underage, have a record of prostitution, and will have been coerced into stripping. If a club manager or owner is not using licensed dancers, he will deserve severe penalties.
Consider the future status of prostitution: Libertarian ideals are currently not much in favour, and the strong prudential impulse in society does exist for valid reasons. Nevertheless, prostitution already being very much evident and tolerated, perhaps it is time to give it some formal recognition. It does not have to be legalized, but could be officially tolerated without considerable public debate. This would clear the prostitutes and would-be clients out of the strip clubs and into the bordellos where they belong.
There are other matters that might need the public's and the court's attention than strip clubs. If we are to debate the legality or toleration of prostitution, should we begin by providing the illusion of action by investigating the strip clubs? Might there not be better things to do?
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