Item - 2018.LS24.2

That City Council amend Licensing and Standards Committee Recommendation 1 by adding the words "or holistic centre owner's licence" so that it now reads as follows:

1.  City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, so that no application for a new holistic practitioner licence or holistic centre owner's licence be accepted from members associated with the following professional holistic associations and that, if such an application be received, it will be treated as incomplete and will be returned to the applicant, effective upon adoption of this recommendation and pending the completion of a comprehensive review of body-rub parlours and holistic centre regulations:

That:

1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, in the comprehensive review of body-rub parlours and holistic centre regulations, to use an anti-human trafficking lens to protect public health and safety, including a review of provincial and federal reports on human trafficking.

2. City Council direct Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to ensure all appropriate stakeholders and community partners are consulted in this review, including:

a. the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking;

b. Covenant House;

c. Toronto Police Service and

d. survivors of human trafficking.

That City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to include in the review any feasible recommendations to address the issues of repeated sales/transfers of Body Rub Parlour licences where there is a history of continuous non-compliance on the premises.

That City Council refer the item to the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, and request that:

1. The Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards consult with Professional Holistic Associations while continuing to carry out the Work Plan for the comprehensive review of Chapter 545, Licensing, Body-Rub Parlours and Holistic Centres.

2. The Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards report to the July 2018 meeting of City Council with the status findings of the internal By-law Enforcement investigation.

3. The Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards investigate the development of a culturally competent, formal complaint process specific to individuals and entities licensed under Chapter 545 – and in consultation with such individuals and entities - for the purpose of reporting incidents involving possible By-law Enforcement abuse, and report to the July 2018 meeting of City Council.

4. The Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards include in the Work Plan for Review of Chapter 545, Licensing, Body Rub Parlours and Holistic Centres: Consultation – September to October, 2018:

a. the Holistic Practitioners Alliance and the Coalition Against Abuse of By-law Enforcement as part of the Municipal Licensing and Standards lead working group in support of the review; and,

b. translated materials and appropriate language interpretation to ensure meaningful participation in the consultation.

That City Council direct Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to ensure all appropriate stakeholders and community partners are consulted in this review, including:

a. the Holistic Practitioner's Alliance;

b. Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Network;

c. Maggie's Toronto Sex Worker Action Project; and,

d. Sex Professionals of Canada.

That:

1.   City Council direct the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to monitor the activity of the other 32 Professional Holistic Associations and report, if necessary, to the Licensing and Standards Committee if further moratoriums are required.

2.  City Council direct the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards and the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration to report to the June 14, 2018 Licensing and Standards Committee meeting on current insights relating to human trafficking occurring in the City and within the City licensed and unlicensed body rubs and holistic centres, in consultation with the all appropriate stakeholders including the Toronto Police Service. 

That in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, City Council end the debate on referral motion 3a by Councillor Wong-Tam and take the vote immediately.

That the Licensing and Standards Committee refer the item to the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, and consult with Professional Holistic Associations while continuing to carry out the Work Plan for the comprehensive review of Chapter 545, Licensing, Body-Rub Parlours and Holistic Centres.

That City Council request the federal and provincial governments to require the 37 approved Professional Holistic Associations to self-regulate and form an association to oversee all of them.

That City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to report to the Licensing and Standards Committee on the feasibility of revoking the licences of licensed body-rub parlours and holistic centres in the City of Toronto that have incurred By-law charges and/or convictions.

That the Licensing and Standards Committee permit Councillor De Baeremaeker to place Motion 5, regardless of him having spoken previously for three minutes on this matter.

That the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, review the communications and public presentations received at the Licensing and Standards Committee meeting on April 10, 2018 and report directly to City Council on April 24, 25, and 26, 2018 with further recommendations, if necessary.