Strip clubs, massage parlours and escort services can no longer bring foreign temporary workers into Canada, the federal government said on Wednesday.
In a joint announcement, Human Resources Minister Diane Finley in Toronto and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney in Calgary said foreign nationals brought in to work in sex trade-related businesses are particularly at risk of being exploited and abused.
Denying these businesses access to temporary foreign workers will help protect vulnerable individuals by keeping them out of these types of situation.
An RCMP report in 2010 called Human Trafficking in Canada highlighted a flourishing trade in sexual services, many of them operating out of Eastern European escort agencies based in Toronto and Montreal.
Women are shipped in and out of Canada by transnational prostitution rings, according to the report.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada...ed-from-bringing-in-foreign-temporary-workers
In a joint announcement, Human Resources Minister Diane Finley in Toronto and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney in Calgary said foreign nationals brought in to work in sex trade-related businesses are particularly at risk of being exploited and abused.
Denying these businesses access to temporary foreign workers will help protect vulnerable individuals by keeping them out of these types of situation.
An RCMP report in 2010 called Human Trafficking in Canada highlighted a flourishing trade in sexual services, many of them operating out of Eastern European escort agencies based in Toronto and Montreal.
Women are shipped in and out of Canada by transnational prostitution rings, according to the report.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada...ed-from-bringing-in-foreign-temporary-workers