Body Rub Parlours and Holistic Centres Bylaw Review

[JassyJ]

Everyone should email the city in support of these type of massage centres. Let them know these places should run legally and provide a necessary service. The city doesn't want human trafficking but that's not what goes on in 99.99% of these establishments. These girls choose to do this line of work and should be allowed. Customers should be able to get services without the fear of legal consequences. Girls should be regulated, not prevented from services. Comments? Give me feedback for my email to the city. You should also send in your own email or attend a consultation. It's unlikely many in the industry will show up due to fear. It's time to make yourself heard. Email them and/or give me ideas to write in.

https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/public-consultations/#item/606

 

[MassageMania]

Thanks for sharing it!

 

[Shag]

couple of quick points

The "legal" aspect for clients doesn't pertain to by-law, it is a federal matter and is enforced by local police services.

Health is impossible to regulate reliably.

 

[johnbuyba]

the real reason why this is not legal is because the government can't collect taxes on the extras we pay for. only for the room fees, and we all know extras are often 2-5x the room fee

 

[Homerun001]

There are only potential legal consequences if you are caught in the act …

Business as usual, and the spa industry does not need additional attention at the moment for the wrong reasons.

Cheers.

 

[rhuarc]

Everyone should email the city in support of these type of massage centres. Let them know these places should run legally and provide a necessary service. The city doesn't want human trafficking but that's not what goes on in 99.99% of these establishments. These girls choose to do this line of work and should be allowed. Customers should be able to get services without the fear of legal consequences. Girls should be regulated, not prevented from services. Comments? Give me feedback for my email to the city. You should also send in your own email or attend a consultation. It's unlikely many in the industry will show up due to fear. It's time to make yourself heard. Email them and/or give me ideas to write in.

https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/public-consultations/#item/606

Sadly, the city does not have the power to do what should be done. That's a federal issue. Until the feds resolve it, it's impossible for the city to let spas operate legally.

What the city CAN do is with respect to enforcement and licensing. For the most part, they only enforce licensing, and even then they're fairly lax. You could advocate they shouldn't enforce licensing at all, but that's kind of ridiculous and unfair to the BRPs who pay the much higher licensing fees relative to holistic spas. Instead, they should increase the cap of BRPs to, say, 200 spas, to account for the increase in demand since 1975, and review that cap every ten years. After all, the auditor general asserts that almost 25% of the 389 holistic spas are operating, fully or partially, as BRPs anyway.

They should also moderate the BRP licensing rate to bring it more in-line with holistic spas, so that spas won't be incentivized to acquire the improper license.