[Clive]

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[ferri]

thank goodness. 14 was really bugging me!!! AND i hope they really do crack down on people who commit crimes with a gun. automatic double sentence? that sound fair to you? and i hope STIFFER sentences!!

[zerosix]

Interesting thing about liberal philosophy, they want "Big Momma Government" to protect every one from just about everything - but have a number of curious exceptions, one being their view that children should not be protected from sexual predators.

I don't wish to automatically conclude that their group is infested by pedophiles but there certainly is a curious connection.

Glad to know that the Tories might be pushing that bar back a little, however, 14/16 is still very young.

[CaptainCanada]

About frickin time, eh?

[tonycavanagh]

How long was the age of consent 14, is it a throwback to the old pioneer days when people married and died at a young age.

[Paleo Conservative]

"One of the issues I would like to see brought forward as quickly as possible is the age of protection, raising that from 14 to 16, and looking at bringing in a close-in-age exemption," Toews said.

So it would be perfectly legal for a 40 year old man to have sex with a 16 year old?

[doc30]

Only the Liberals would think 14 is an acceptable age of consent.

[Ignatz]

Canada: "We're #1 at being just north of the United States!"

[little jeremiah]

FYI.

[rasblue]

This law needs to be dome and I support it, but whaat I don't get is why is this the very first thing that the Conservatives are doing.... Is it THAT urgent? Someone very powerful must have had a daughter with an older boyfriend......