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May 17, 2007

If Global Warming Were True

...there should be more Canadian strippers, not fewer, and they wouldn't need special visa programs to entice them in


Under the current law, 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 new law will take the restriction one step further, and is based on the government's concern that foreign dancers are in some cases forced into the illegal sex trade.

Many strip clubs rely on dancers from Asia and Eastern Europe to fill their rosters.

Hell, so do most hockey teams.

Critics say a proposed Tory law that will stop immigrants from coming in on a stripper's visa solves a problem that largely no longer exists and may make things worse.

...In 2004, when Liberal Paul Martin was prime minister, there were 423 visas issued for foreign exotic dancers.

Since Conservative Stephen Harper took over in early 2006, 17 permits have been issued -- seven so far this year.

What horrible trait do Canadian men possess that only foreign women will dance for them?

Posted by Mr. Bingley at May 17, 2007 06:55 AM

Comments

As the North Vietnamese used to say about the Russians - they are Americans with no money.

Posted by: John at May 17, 2007 10:12 AM

Hmmmmm.

There are *Stripper Visas* in Canada?

Evidently there are stranger things north of the border than Canadian bacon.

Posted by: memomachine at May 17, 2007 10:43 AM

I think you mean Canadian beer, memomachine. T'ain't nothing wrong with Canadian bacon. ;-P

Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at May 17, 2007 10:52 AM

I thought that Labatt's would make ANYONE look all right after four or five. Guess beer goggles work differently up there.

Posted by: Nightfly at May 17, 2007 04:36 PM

Labatt's is piss from diabetic horses. All the Japanese brands sold here except for Sapporo are brewed by Molson or Labatt's with a Kirin or Asahi label slapped on them. They do not taste like Japanese beer, which is actually pretty good.

Posted by: John at May 17, 2007 09:26 PM

Anybody mind if I plug my favorite brewery in North America?

Posted by: Gunslinger at May 18, 2007 10:07 PM

Gunslinger - my best friend from grad school is from Pottsville, and he used to tour the Brewery for the free samples at the end.

I think they're probabaly the best US brew that pre-dates the Sam Adams and microbrew craze. (And I think they're better than Sam). They ought to be the official PA state beer. When we lived in the 'Burgh it was all Ahrn City and Rolling Rock, though, both of which make Labatt's look like Stella Artois.

Posted by: John at May 19, 2007 07:47 AM