Vancouver Pol Proposes Discount Brothel

A city councilman in Vancouver, Canada, does not believe in playing it safe. Days before an election, he proposed opening a city-owned brothel. He says many prostitutes work because they're drug addicts. And if the city was their employer, they could get treatment — and eventually a new life. It would be a nonprofit brothel, presumably with low, low prices. With that election looming, other Vancouver candidates are keeping their distance from the idea.