It's funny how the CBC's The National reported the incident and CBC News Vancouver at 11, a short 10-minute local newscast after The National that would usually report the incident, didn't.
It's all about reaching out to the Canadian public in large numbers with overly exaggerated stories of "women forced into the sex trade from Hong Kong to work as sex slaves" as Peter Mansbridge put it on his newscast tonight. These women know full well what awaits them and they're willing to do it for a few months to make more money than they've ever dreamed of to take back home to provide for their families or to make a better a life for themselves. As repulsive as it may seem to some of them, they know full well BEFORE they step foot on a plane bound for Canada what they signed up for. Do you think they don't gossip about it on social networks online? That they can't find information online for themselves to make an informed decision as to whether or not it is the wise thing to do? Do the authoritiies here think these women are so stupid? The police bust the place they're working at and it's all over. A net loss. Time to go back home with the tail between their legs with only a fraction of what they could've earned and a Canadian Border Services Agency red flag on their name to NEVER let them re-enter the country again. This is strictly a business enterprise they enter into akin to winning the lottery in their home country.
That dufus media whore Benjamin Perrin got his two bits in on that Eric Rankin report too. He has no idea what he's talking about, yet he's loving the madia attention to further his political aspirations and his bullshit lawsuit against Criagslist. People like him know that there are very few people out there willing to contest the true facts for fear of self-labelling. You either buy into the garbage story the police and the media are feeding you or you're an insider, I.E. a john, a pimp or a prostitute. After all, how would you know if you claim you've never purchased sex or have never been an SP, a claim you make out of fear for being looked down upon by the majority of the public, or worse yet, losing your job or status because of that connection. Lots of people exploiting this bullshit story for what it really isn't. It's a truly tragic story that they paint to sell a few products and there are so many gullible people out there lining up to gobble it all down.
This is all ass-backwards!!
Panther