Canada to Deny Work Permits to Foreign Strippers?

There is a rather odd story coming out of Canada.  CNN (here) reports that the Canadian government will start denying work permits to foreign strippers to prevent them from being abused and to clamp down on human trafficking, Immigration Minister Diane Finley said on Wednesday. Laws will be changed to allow immigration officers to deny work permits to foreign strippers if authorities believe there is a strong possibility they could be subjected to humiliating and degrading treatment, including sexual exploitation. “This will prevent situations where temporary workers in Canada, including strippers, may be abused, exploited or possibly become victims of human trafficking,” Finley said in a statement. In December 2004, the then-Liberal government scrapped a program that handed out temporary work permits to foreign-born exotic dancers.