Kanadensisk hora i klammeri med militären på grund av rabatt till soldater (2024)

Military police are threatening to charge a sex worker who offers discounts to Canadian soldiers and senior leaders are warning troops to stay away from the Kingston-area woman.

But such efforts have backfired and sex worker Christina Lea Gilchrist tells this newspaper that she is being inundated with messages from military personnel interested in the services she provides.

In a message to Gilchrist, military police said they found her business cards at CFB Kingston. Police claimed she had committed two offences under the Criminal Code; one for advertising sexual services contrary to section 286 of the Criminal Code and the other for the unlawful use of military uniforms contrary to section 419(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada.

“Further, as our investigation continues, if it is discovered that you received your uniform from another Canadian Forces member, then an additional charge is present,” police warned.

The internal message noted that “the escort in question has photos posted on their website of (as of yet unidentified) clients in CAF uniforms in compromising positions. Aside from this being a potential offence, it could lead to other more serious consequences and engaging in sexual exploitation clearly goes against our CAF Code of Ethics and Values".

But the internal message provided to all soldiers at the base has resulted in booming business for Gilchrist. Traffic to her website skyrocketed to 10,000 views over a three-day period and she is receiving requests for her services now from soldiers across the country.

“They gave me all this free publicity,” Gilchrist said. “After they made that memo, I literally had 10,000 hits on my website. They said to soldiers — ‘Hey don’t look at this’ and all the soldiers said, ‘Hey let’s go look at this.’“

Gilchrist offers a 25 per cent discount for military personnel. They are required to show their military identification cards to receive the discount.