I see nothing wrong with what York Region cops are doing here. The men clearly knew they were meeting with underage girls and the Cops are using the laws on the books to arrest them. Thankfully, 80-90% of the men bailed when they found out they were underage. Bust the ones who agreed to meet. Some men were told the girls were as young as 13. Interesting that this is the first time this has been done in Canada.
I would also like to see the Cops trying to bust the pimps but I guess it's not as easy.
To me this is absolutely important and if true throw the book at them. When you are dealing with 16 years and up it can be physically impossible to differentiate some late teen girls from girls in their early twenties.
That is so true. My friend's 16 year old daughter is DDG at 6' - 130 lbs. with ample breasts, curves and she sure as hell knows it. She's also an extremely smart girl and acts years above her age. So I can see how guys could be fooled by looks but when you're told you're meeting a 15 year old and go through with it, I have no sympathy for you whatsoever.
This is yet another reason that Harper's prostitution law has championed right wing moral values over the safety of women and minors alike. This wouldn't be as big of an issue if prostitution wasn't forced underground.
Even if prostitution was legal, it wouldn't stop some men from seeking sex with minors.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the Cops have been enforcing C-36 by arresting consenting adults.
I'm not condoning what they did by any means and think it is disgusting but but aren't the police using entrapment to lure these guys in and in that case it will be thrown out of court. If it sends a message to other men then it has served a good purpose.
The men were clearly told they were communicating with girls 13-16 years of age and made plans to meet for the purposes of having sex (for a fee I presume). Not what I would call entrapment and I imagine the charges will stick.