Vic Toews, our new Minister of Justice, immediately announced intentions of the new government to raise the age of sexual consent to 16, from the current age of 14.
This is great news to all parents out there. It may not make handling our youngsters any easier, but it will make many who abused the law in the past think twice when approaching youth.
At the time of posting this, the Canwest-Global poll which asks “Do you agree that the age of sexual consent should be raised to be older than 14?” the response was incredibly in favour of raising the age. 91.59% of respondants feel the age should be raised.
If this legislation doesn’t pass, there are going to be a lot of happy child molesters out there, and a lot of pissed off Canadians.