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The news doesn’t sit well with Jasmin Bieber, who owns and manages Bare Essentials, a Regina company that promotes burlesque and strip shows.

“They’re taking away from small businesses; they’re taking away from bigger businesses; they’re taking away from a lot of businesses just because they don’t like that industry,” said Bieber.

“It just seems to me that they’re saying … ‘We don’t want you to make a living this way.’”

“I know there will be individuals who will say, ‘This is my employment and I should be able to practise that employment,’” said McMorris. “I guess what I would say is you can in other jurisdictions, just not here in Saskatchewan.”

Three weeks ago, the provincial government decided to reverse its January 2014 decision to allow stripping in bars. It reasoned that licensed strip clubs would promote organized crime and human trafficking in Saskatchewan.

NDP MLA Cathy Sproule, critic for SLGA, sees merit in that argument, though says details of the new regulations are sketchy.

“In terms of who, how many venues, and what charities and what a community organization is — all of the very specific details — we just don’t have any information here that we can sort of even judge this by,” said Sproule.

“We haven’t named the exact number — is it 50 per cent or whatever — but proceeds have to go toward charity … or a community good, so it doesn’t necessarily restrict it to tax-receiptable (organizations),” said McMorris.