How to solve your stripper staffing problems

Apparently strip clubs are having trouble finding enough strippers (NSFW warning: photo of clothed-in-lingerie stripper in the context of a newspaper article) and they're trying to find immigration loopholes to work around the problem.

Here's a better idea: improve the working conditions, and you'll get way more applicants. A lot of people have at least considered the idea of stripping during times when money was tight, and a lot of people would do it for the right price. It doesn't even have to be straight-up money; change the working conditions to make it a Good Job.

For example, as I understand it, strippers are essentially working on commission. I've even heard of cases where they have to pay the strip club for the privilege of working there (sounds like a line from the Four Yorkshiremen but it's true), and then their earnings are whatever cash the patrons give them. So instead of this, pay them a salary, so they can depend on their income. Give them benefits - not just health and dental, but gym membership, clothing allowance, free laser hair removal. If you're worried about them sticking around too long until they're not hot any more, give them free tuition as a perk and set the salary levels at a point that would be a lot of money for someone with no post-secondary but nothing special for a white-collar professional position. Make doing lap dances optional - maybe pay dancers a bonus for doing lap dances, but still have a respectable salary level for just stage dancing. Kick out patrons who don't treat your workers with respect, even if they have a lot of money.

Then once you've done all this, advertise the fact that you're a fair trade strip club - there are prospective patrons to whom that would be a tipping point. Charge your patrons as much as it costs to do all this, and if the costs go way up you can market it as high-end.

There are plenty of people already in Canada who would be strippers for the right price and the right working conditions. Be brave and bold and innovative and revolutionize your industry.