True. And I think it comes down to that almost everywhere anyway, whatever the legislation on prostitution.
Yep just like the highway traffic code. The rules are there but the city choose on how and when to enforce the rules. Just like when you are driving at 120km/hr in a 100km/hr highway the cops choose to stop you or not. Cops obviously use rational judgement. Is the traffic all moving at that speed? Are the road conditions slick?
When left to themselves, LE operate on more rational criteria. They combat real crimes, not what moral entrepreneurs define as crimes for ideological reasons. When they do shit, it"s usually because they are forced in a position to do so by local authorities, prosecutors or irresistible public pressures.
Yep cops do what they are told by their commanding officer. The commanding officer gets the agenda from politicians.
Grinding ( R v Caringi, [2002]) and hand jobs [R v Brandes 1997]) were both judged prostitution acts by some canadien courts in the past.
There you go. Grinding originated from Toronto style lapdancing right around Fantasia club which I believe was around in the 90s. Then it slowly spread to Quebec. Toronto Police did a major raid and shut down Fantasia Hotel. Clients and dancers were charged with many prostitution related offenses-> http://www.walnet.org/csis/news/toronto_98/gandm-980912.html