While the town of Leamington attempts to prevent area women from baring their breasts
in municipally-owned areas, visitors here have expressed little concern over the
entire issue.
That is - except one couple from England. According to 20-year-old Kim Hill, travel
counsellor at the Leamington tourist booth (Tomato), one British couple was caught
off-guard when they spotted a topless woman at a gas station downtown. "They
were offended by it," said Hill and were unaware Canadian law allowed women
to go topless.
Other than the one incident, though, Hill said there has not been any other comments
or questions related to the topless issue. And with over 2,000 visitors to the booth
so far this summer, averaging about 350 a week, Hill said they are more interested
in having fun in the area, dining out and buying "tomato" souvenirs.
While the majority of visitors hail from Southwestern Ontario, Hill said Michigan
and Ohio are neck-and-neck for second place honors.