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Most oppose legalization of prostitution: Lemieux
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this recent ruling will be of tremendous
it as a career option for those who would
the ‘safety’ of brothels,” said Lemieux.
benefit to their operations. This court ruling
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experience the most direct harm. The sex
“Let’s take Nevada as an example, as
also facilitates the exploitation of our
trade is bad for everyone, both the people
it is the only U.S. state where prostitution
vulnerable youth and women and will
involved in it and society.”
is legal. Researchers in Nevada have
Glengarry-Prescott-Russell MP
increase human trafficking,” stated
LemieuxspokepersonallywiththePrime
found that the legalization of brothels
Pierre Lemieux says he speaks for most
Lemieux.
Minister regarding the Court of Appeal
does not stop violence and it does not
inopposing the legalizationof brothels.
The MP says that in a survey of all
decision and the results of his survey.
stop abuse or psychological and physical
The Conservative MP expressed his
households in the riding, 60 per cent of
Lemieux fully supports the federal
injury to those involved. Not only that,
disappointment with the Ontario Court
respondents said prostitution should
government announcement that this court
Nevada has a higher rate of rape than
of Appeal ruling to decriminalize
remain illegal. This same high percentage
ruling will be appealed.
the rest of the United States. Legalizing
brothels, saying that the result would
also indicated that they would support the
”Governments
that
legalized
brothels and prostitution is clearly not
mean greater access to prostitution and
government putting in place new laws, if
prostitution have not been successful in
the answer for improvingwomen’s safety
as a result, greater exploitation of
necessary, toensure that activities involving
eliminatingharmtoprostitutes, evenwithin
in Canada.”
vulnerable youth and women.
prostitution remained illegal.
Lemieux also stated that legalized
”Prostitution primarily involves the
access to prostitution would facilitate
exploitation of women for the pleasure of
“Hulk house” impasse
the operations of criminal groups, such
men. It ruins marriages and as a result,
as organized crime, which are already
destroys families. As the father of four
heavily involved in prostitution.
daughters, I believe that I speak for many
”Canadians have asked us to pass
corner of Du Quai Street and Principale
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parents when I say that our children should
legislation which fights crime, protects
Street in Wendover. So far the owner of
be discouraged from engaging in this
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victims and reduces human trafficking.
the empty hulk has shown no inclination
lifestyle and that parents need to be
Increased access to prostitution does
to have it torn down and has avoided all
supported by government, ensuring that
none of this. Organized crime is heavily
The burned-out shell of a house still sits
official attempts at contact about the ruin.
access to prostitution remains illegal. By
involved in prostitution and I worry that
surrounded by yellow warning tape at the
Marc Daigneault, chief administrative
legalizing prostitution, we would validate
officer for Alfred-Plantagenet Township,
reported that efforts so far to get in touch
withtheownerof thepropertyhave failed.
The municipality has a postal address
for the owner but it is a simple mailbox
drop-off, not a street address. Several
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letters have been sent without any reply.
“When he sees it’s a letter from the
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municipality, he doesn’t pick it up, even
if it’s registered,” Daigneault said. “The
mail comes back to us undelivered.”
Fire destroyed the house several
months ago. Fire officials have closed
their casebookonthe incident afterhaving
determined that the fire was not
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suspicious in nature.
Since then the pile of debris remains
sitting in the middle of the walls that are
still standing. The township has begun
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the legal process required to deal with the
situation.
comptant
“We’ve issued an order,” he said,
citing the property standards bylaw.
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The township has posted a sign at the
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property site declaring the wreckage as
dangerous and requiring demolition
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under the bylaw. Daigneault said that
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under law the owner is deemed to have
been served notice.
The owner has 21 days from the date
of issueof theorder toeither complyor file
a complaint to the township’s property
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standards committee, demanding a
reviewof thematter. Thedeadline for him
to do one or the other expired after the
May long weekend.
If the owner fails to obey the order,
then the township can choose to do the
demolition and cleanup work itself and
add the cost to the owner’s next property
tax bill.
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Road dispute leads
to mediation
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and
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Harrington Township hope third-party
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intervention will help resolve a dispute
over a shared road.
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TheCommissionmunicipale deQuébec
will preside over mediation between the
comptant
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two municipalities which have reached
an impasse over the maintenance of
Harrington Road.
Harrington Township has complained
that the neighbouring municipality has
not failed to provide adequate snow
removal and repairs on its portion of the
road. Harrington reasons that it would be
betterforeveryoneifHarringtonperformed
the work on the route and billedGrenville-
sur-la-Rouge for the service.
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