OTTAWA - The federal justice minister has given a tongue-lashing to an online advertising service for failing to remove erotic ads from its website.
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says he is personally offended that Jim Buckmaster, chief executive of Craigslist, has not replied to a letter requesting the ads be removed.
Nicholson took shots at Buckmaster today, accusing him of being afraid of government intervention which he says are in the interest of public safety.
The minister sent a letter to Craigslist early last month, voicing concerns that the service encourages child exploitation and human trafficking.
Craigslist, which is based in the United States, has already removed such ads from its American site.
The Ontario government first asked the San Francisco-based company to remove the ads under its erotic services section in mid-September, two weeks after Craigslist removed the ads in the United States.
