Canadian Government Ignored Warnings Leading to Deaths of Two Young Americans
LAVAL Quebec,
October 4, 2005

(LifeSiteNews.com) - The mysterious deaths of two young Americans found at the bottom of a gorge in Laval Quebec was eminently preventable if Canadian government officials would have heeded the warnings of anti-trafficking organizations which contested the "exotic dancer" visas which allowed he men into the country. Mark Kraynak, 23, and Steve Wright, 20, entered Canada through an application by a male porn 'modelling' agency in the United States called French Connection Français (FCF) run by Stephan Sirard.

The exotic dancer program, which opened wide the doors to the importing of foreign strippers in order to fill so-called 'labour market needs' in Canada, has repeatedly come under fire by human rights groups, citing repeated instances of forced prostitution and other forms of exploitation and slavery. In response to numerous complaints from anti-trafficking groups, the Canadian government gave assurances to human rights advocates that "no new applications would be processed for any type of exotic performance until such time as the matter could be reviewed to eliminate the risk of extortion & injury".

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