OldNerd said:
If the company advertised themself for years, is it reasonble for the men to assume that it is legal operations?
If you walk down the street and see the spa sign, do you have to check license before asking for massage?
From what I have learned on this board over the years....
First off am "erotic" massage license or "body rub" is not a license to give handjobs. It is a license for an erotic massage or a body rub.... see we all know what goes on, the muncipality knows what goes on, but its simply to regulate it.
Still a HJ given in a public setting is "potentially" a criminal activity under the Criminal Code "Common Bawdy House" (or certainly enough to get a charge against you that may not hold in the court of law) ... there is a grey area on HJ's (some case in Newmarket), but certainly not BJ or FS
Just because you have a municipal license does not mean you are absolved fom Common Bawdy House / Criminal Code. They are totally independent of each other (one is By-Laws, the other is the Criminal Code) The Criminal Code doesn't give a shit if there is a license, all they care about is sexual activity. .
The problem often arises a) when muncipalities who liked the idea of regulating these activities and the revenue gained, decide they no longer want to tolerate or regulate those activities.... or b) when certain spas engage in other business or sexual activities beyond the implied "wink-wink" stuff When a municipality tolerates the stuff, there is a very low risk of police activity - they will usually act in acoordance with what the municipality desires. But when the municipality decides to change its mind (such as what has happened in York Region the last 5 years) police can basically run havoc over everything. And everything will get shut down.
Of course, police can do whatever they want as well, if they want to piss off the muncipality.