Category: Body Rub

The following editorial appeared in the October 9 edition of the Guelph Mercury; Guelph Coun. Vicki Beard showed some political courage Thursday in allowing publicly that she didn’t do the municipality any favours reputationally when she went on a national CBC Radio program earlier in the day to speak about the city’s handling of local […]

I’d like to take the opportunity to clarify some important facts I misrepresented during my interview this morning on CBC’s The Current about the issue of licensing and body rub parlours in the City of Guelph. First and foremost: the City of Guelph does not licence body rub parlours. There is no category for body […]

In view of consulting with holistic practitioners, I would ad a comment or two. I’d like to express my approval, appreciation and gratitude for the many hours of hard work done thus far on this most difficult issue. I am very comfortable with the proposal made at the March 17th meeting and would not have […]

Last night I attended the city hall meeting which was supposed to include discussion of the licensing of Holistic and complementary practices in the city of Guelph( referred to by the city as Alternative). As I sat there I was surprised and upset to discover that this was not the real issue at all. The […]

My concerns about the licensing requirements for alternative health and massage practitioners are as follows: * It is grossly unfair to legitimate massage practitioners to place them in the same category as body rub parlours. The city would be penalising them for doing business in Guelph.   * Body rub parlours provide erotic services –

The following article appeared in the September 28 edition of the Guelph Mercury: City staff are still at work on a bylaw that will offer stringent regulations for body rub parlours, although it may take until the end of the year before council sees a draft. But at least one councillor says the delay will […]