{"id":1107,"date":"2023-06-29T15:23:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T19:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diamondyao.com\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2023-06-29T15:27:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T19:27:30","slug":"asian-massage-therapists-targeted-by-classist-and-racist-crackdown-in-newmarket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diamondyao.com\/fr\/2023\/06\/29\/asian-massage-therapists-targeted-by-classist-and-racist-crackdown-in-newmarket\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian massage therapists targeted by \u2018classist and racist\u2019 crackdown in Newmarket"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid alignfull column1-desktop-grid__span-8 column1-desktop-grid__start-3 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-4 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">In Newmarket, Asian-owned massage parlours and therapists are finding themselves targeted by surveillance and police harassment. Last year, Newmarket passed a bylaw that required all massage businesses to obtain a new type of license, and as of June, this bylaw requires them to prove all massage therapist employees are registered massage therapists (RMT). Between these requirements and police action, six businesses have closed down and every application submitted by an Asian-owned massage parlour has been rejected or labeled incomplete, with no explanation. Resistance against the bylaw has been growing, with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) saying the bylaw runs afoul of the Charter. Opponents of the bylaw point to false and disparaging claims of human trafficking, and association with sex work, as motivations behind the bylaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ricochet.media\/en\/3895\/asian-massage-therapists-targeted-by-classist-and-racist-crackdown-in-newmarket\">This article<\/a> is published in ricochet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Newmarket, Asian-owned massage parlours and therapists are finding themselves targeted by surveillance and police harassment. Last year, Newmarket passed a bylaw that required all massage businesses to obtain a new type of license, and as of June, this bylaw requires them to prove all massage therapist employees are registered massage therapists (RMT). 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