Note to Canada: Strippers are People Too!!!
As per usual I am embracing procrastination the way it should be, and then I stumbled across this...From the same country that wanted to protect Bigfoot, and I'm not talking about the film...
Foreign exotic dancers to be banned from Canada
Updated Wed. May. 16 2007 3:31 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
The federal government is set to bring in a new law that will ban immigrants who come to Canada as exotic dancers.
The change to the Immigration and Refugee Act is expected to be announced Wednesday by Immigration Minister Diane Finley, who told the House of Commons that the move will protect "vulnerable foreign workers," such as strippers.
Under the current laws, the onus is on strip club owners to prove there is a shortage of Canadian dancers each time they apply to bring in a foreign exotic dancer....
...The Tories have been touting the move as a response to the so-called Strippergate scandal when former Liberal immigration minister Judy Sgro resigned amid accusations that she fast-tracked the immigration papers of a Romanian stripper who worked on her campaign.
"The Liberals gave blanket exemptions to foreign strippers to work in Canada," a senior government source told The Canadian Press.
"We're putting an end to the Liberal Strippergate in order to prevent the exploitation of women."
I have a problem - "Blanket exemptions to foreign strippers", doesn't that defeat the purpose of stripping?
Labels: Canadian Politics, Strippers
posted by Mark @ 4:01 PM
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