Hookers bare breasts

OTTAWA - Some local prostitutes have started using the right to bare their breasts in public as a business tool. Restaurant workers say two hookers created a traffic hazard on a busy road Tuesday by flashing motorists and pedestrians. Another reportedly attracted a crowd by walking around topless for about an hour.

"It made for a good show," said Doris Chouinor, manager of the Original Waffle House. "It kind of blocked traffic for a while."

In the late afternoon, another prostitute working the same spot whipped off her top completely to the delight of a horde of onlookers at a nearby motel.

Some people were disturbed by the display but said they didn't call they police because they had heard it's now legal for women to bare their breasts in public in Ontario.

But the law forbids women from discarding their tops for sexual or business purposes.

In Toronto, police said they had yet to see prostitutes show their wares.

"We haven't seen any going topless," one officer told the Ottawa Sun.

"But if they're in Ottawa, it's likely just a matter of time before we see it here."

If a prostitute takes off her top, she will likely be charged, said police spokeswoman Sgt. Marilyn McCann.