The Toronto Lap Dancing Saga

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• Supreme Court of Canada Rules
  
• Gay Strip Club Busted!
  
• Ontario Appeal Court Rules
  

Police raid strip clubs , lap dancing still prevails despite bylaw ruling

• Arrests total 115 in prostitution-related raids: Overnight blitz by more than 200 police officers in York Region and Toronto hits 19 locations; charges confined to two strip clubs.
  Globe and Mail,September 12, 1998
  
• Dozens arrested in raids on strip bars
  Toronto Star,September 11, 1998
  
• Lap dancing still hot issue:
  Bylaw just a bump in the road to performers
  Toronto Star, August 10, 1998
  

Lap dancing is outlawed, legally considered an indecent act

• Lap dancing still hot issue:
  Bylaw just a bump in the road to performers
  Toronto Star, August 10, 1998
  
• Lap dancing an indecent act, top court rules
  Verdict puts onus on police to enforce ban on erotic contact in Canadian bars
  Globe and Mail, March 13, 1997
  
• Lap Dancing indecent, high court rules
  A line has been drawn for police to enforce law Toronto Star, March 13, 1997
  
• Lapdancing outlawed by Canada's highest court
  Vancouver Sun, March 13, 1997

Remington's is the latest target in the Metro Toronto police attack on lap dancing.

• Morality squad squishes
  Xtra!, April 25, 1996
  
• Cops bust gay strip bar
  Charges echo those of bathhouse raids
  Xtra!, February 29, 1996
  
• Sex Raid Strikes Fear
  NOW Magazine, February 29 - March 6, 1996
  
• Raid on club riles locals
  Toronto SUN, February 22, 1996

Decision states that lap dancing degrades and dehumanizes women and that the conduct of lap dancers constitutes a form of prostitution.

• Lap dancing ruled illegal in Ontario:
  in decision likely to affect rest of Canada, court finds activity indecent, affront to society
  Globe and Mail, February 10, 1996
  
• Lap dancing ban hailed as 'victory for women'
  Toronto Star, February 10, 1996