John has been an iconic figure on the Montreal escort scene for 9 years at least.  He has indeed enjoyed some ups and downs, but through the years has bounced back with bursts of great recruiting usually around every 6 months or so.  He has very high standards and does not tolerate poor service, unreliability, or girls who do not book well.  He has made the entire industry better and I hope that this is only a temporary issue.
I cannot recall with 100% certainty but I think that John closed the agency for about a week in 2007 to take a Caribbean vacation also involving some of his staff at that time.  I heard the weather sucks in Montreal so maybe he took a plane south for some better weather, rest and relaxation.  Let's hope so.
He also threw the best escort agency party I have ever been to, even though the format for it was a bit unusual.  Too bad it was the only one he threw.