Editing Squeegee man (section)

===Canada===
In [[Toronto]], [[Vancouver]], [[Calgary]], and [[Winnipeg]], they are known as squeegee kids and they are mostly tolerated, since they are considered to be working for money, rather than begging.  In [[Montreal]], they are often called squeegee punks,<ref>{{cite web |title=A comedy of infractions |url=http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1998/062598/news7.html |work=[[Montreal Mirror]] |author=Jacquie Charlton |accessdate = 2008-04-07}}</ref> in reference to their appearance, or simply squeegees.<ref>{{cite web |title=Squeegee |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg0XQRDRi-M  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/Fg0XQRDRi-M |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|work=[[YouTube]] | date=September 25, 2007 |language=fr |accessdate = 2007-09-25}}{{cbignore}} Video of squeegee punks in the streets of Montreal.</ref> In 1999, the [[Ontario]] government passed the [[Safe Streets Act]], outlawing squeegee kids and aggressive public begging. The Government of British Columbia has adopted a word for word version of the Ontario Safe Street Act. Squeegee kids have become scarce in Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, BC, as police frequently stop them and check their identities for outstanding arrest warrants.

In 2011, then Deputy Mayor of Toronto [[Doug Holyday]] told the ''[[Toronto Sun]]'' that there was the will in council to step up action against panhandlers, including squeegee kids;<ref>{{cite news|last=Levy|first=Sue-Ann|title=Buddy can you spare a crime|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/01/buddy-can-you-spare-a-crime|accessdate=7 June 2011|newspaper=Toronto Sun|date=1 June 2011|location=Toronto ON}}</ref> the proposition was mocked by some media, given the previous efforts, and the suggestion that the homeless would have to pay fines.<ref>{{cite news|last=McGrath|first=John Michael|title=Doug Holyday wants to fight panhandling—also, party—like it's 1999|url=http://www.torontolife.com/daily/informer/the-old-normal/2011/06/03/doug-holyday-wants-to-fight-panhandling%E2%80%94also-party%E2%80%94like-it%E2%80%99s-1999/|access-date=7 June 2011|newspaper=Toronto Life|date=3 June 2011|location=Toronto ON|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606041155/http://www.torontolife.com/daily/informer/the-old-normal/2011/06/03/doug-holyday-wants-to-fight-panhandling%E2%80%94also-party%E2%80%94like-it%E2%80%99s-1999/|archive-date=6 June 2011}}</ref>