‘Ottawa’ Seeking ‘Sugar daddies’: Hundreds of Alberta University Students Turn to the Internet to Help with Finances
Facing staggering debt loads, hundreds of Alberta post-secondary students are logging on to a website connecting them to “sugar daddies” who can provide them a monthly allowance and gifts in exchange for negotiated relationships.
But student advocates warn such arrangements can be fraught with peril, exposing them to potential exploitation or abuse with few avenues to disentangle themselves from a bad situation.
Matchmaking website Seeking Arrangement this week released its rankings of Canadian universities that have had students sign up in search of financial aid. Equating relationships to a business deal, the company said clients hammer out financial arrangements with benefactors ahead of time, leaving the expectations of such an accord between them.