Strippers
Canada Invites Strippers and Gets Scrutiny
Scandal Renews Debate on Program to Import 'Exotic Dancers'
By Doug StruckWashington Post Foreign ServiceSunday, December 5, 2004; Page A12
TORONTO -- Coiled around a brass pole on a barroom stage, clad only in towering stiletto heels, a 31-year-old Romanian woman named Veronica is helping to fill what has suddenly become Canada's most talked-about shortage: a scarcity of strippers.
A government program to import hundreds of "exotic dancers," which was already controversial, took center stage recently when Canada's immigration minister, Judy Sgro, was found to have given preferential visa treatment to a nude dancer who did volunteer work in her reelection campaign for Parliament.
Critics say the program turns Canada into a pimp, while local employers assert it serves a legitimate business, and dancers from struggling countries say it's a way to better their lives.
posted by Lisa @ 5:58 PM
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Strange. My whole life has been practically dedicated to inviting scrutiny and yet I never seem to get strippers. Why is that?
Thank god. I was looking for a backup job if librarian positions are at a premium when I move to Toronto.
Apparently Canada posted a warning that Americans will have to wait in line to move to Canada just like everyone else. I'm thinking their requirements couldn't be that hard, though. If you're a purdy girl.
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