Mike Allen, the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo constituency, was arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota on Sunday evening. He had responded to a prostitution ad that was actually part of a sting operation by local police. He was one of 13 men caught in the operation, though he was probably the only one in town as a representative of a foreign government on a trip to discuss energy and trade.
If you tuned out news of Laval’s interim mayor Alexandre Duplessis’s resignation, you missed a fantastic story. It’s a story of love, loss, escorts and cross-dressing. And it’s only the latest in a series of Canadian mayoral scandals.
There can indeed be health risks from seeing a prostitute — but there are health risks from sex generally. The answer isn’t to label sex workers as unclean, but instead to emphasize how important safe sex is.
Saskatoon’s city council has postponed debate on whether or not a red-light district would be appropriate in the city.
Here’s some sound advice about why you should always pay your prostitutes.
