The age of consent in Canada is 16, so don't worry much R3.
Ya...I remember finding out about that a while ago...on the BBS actually. In 2008, the canadian government changed the age of consent from 14 to 16, in order to try to deter "Sex Tourism". So, this change clearly showed that it had nothing to do with a notion that a 14 year old was no longer able to "consent" to sex, but that the number should changed because some people might want to go to the trouble of traveling to canada just to try to have sex with a 14 year old.
If this how it is supposed to be, then "The Law" clearly has little value. This change from 14 to 16 was made when a 14 year old boy insisted that he "consented" to having sex with some dude from The States:
One of the motivators for the reform of these laws in Canada was the case of Dale Eric Beckham. In March 2005, Beckham, then 31 years old, travelled from his home in Woodlands, Texas to Ottawa, Canada to meet with a 14-year-old boy he had met over the internet. The boy's parents, after observing him sneaking out in the middle of the night into a taxi, alerted the police who tracked the cab to a hotel. Police found Beckham and the boy in a hotel room where the two had already engaged in sexual intercourse. Police also discovered pornographic images of children on a laptop computer that Beckham had brought with him from Texas. Beckham was arrested and held without bail. In Beckham's home state of Texas, the age of consent is 17 and violators can face prison terms of up to 20 years. In Canada, sex with children as young as 14 (until May 2008) was legal as long as it was consensual and the adult is not in a position of authority or dependency....
In Canada, sex with children as young as 14 (until May 2008) was legal as long as it was consensual and the adult is not in a position of authority or dependency. The boy suffered from psychological problems, including social anxiety disorder and thoughts of suicide and was under the care of doctors. However, because the boy insisted that the sex with Beckham was consensual, the only crime Beckham could be prosecuted for in Canada was a relatively minor offense of possession of child pornography. In November 2005, Beckham pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the time already served. He was then ordered deported back to the United States.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_reform_in_CanadaIt is good to highlight that this article on wiki refers to the 14 year old as a "child". Although, under the law at the time, he WAS able to "consent", and therefore not needing the moniker of a "child". But, now that the law has changed to 16, I guess he's just a "child", again.
Anywayz....this would all be funny....if it was just a movie or something.
One thing I don't understand about this case is that in Canada, the age of consent for anal sex is 18, and the people involved in this case were gay or bisexual ...or whatever, and it's reported that the 2 had "sexual intercourse".
This new age of consent law keeps the age of consent for anal sex at 18.
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