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Protecting our Children

In Canada politicians don't protect children from shootings or group sex

By Judi McLeod
Wednesday, December 28, 2005

When it comes to the protection of children, Canadian politicians have a shameful record.

a 15-year-old girl was shot and killed standing in the doorway of a Yonge Street shoe store in Toronto on Boxing Day as members of three youth gangs went on a shooting spree.

Last month, the best friend of a shooting victim was gunned down when he stepped outside the funeral services of his friend for a cigarette break.

Shooting deaths in Mayor David Miller's Toronto, which presently number 52 this year, continue. When public outrage demands answers, the politicians at all three levels of government talk about banning handguns.

The death of the 15-year-old girl follows on the heels of last week's Supreme Court of Canada ruling that group sex in publicly accessible venues is legal.

although the ruling Liberal government spins otherwise, Canada's age of consent law is among the lowest anywhere worldwide.

The age of sexual consent in Canada is 14. and so long as alcohol is not sold on the premises, Canadian teenagers can now–legally–participate in group sex offered by private clubs.

While Canadian courts and the operators of bawdy houses call it group sex, its other name is "orgies".

The Supreme Court ruling addressed two Quebec Court of appeal decisions that had arrived at opposite conclusions. The owners of two Montreal "swingers" clubs were charged with operating bawdy houses, in both cases involving group sex. One was convicted, the other acquitted. The owner who was convicted appealed his conviction to the Supreme Court. The Crown appealed the acquittal of the other owner.

"The Supreme Court's decision was based upon the definition of what constitutes a public place and an `indecent act'. (Prostitution was not a factor in either case, even though payment was required at both locations before entry)." (Lifesite.com).

"One club was for members only, and the sexual activity took place in designated rooms, sometimes with on-lookers. The other club, which had a cursory doorman in place, used a moveable, transparent curtain to block off the dance floor at regular intervals, and the activity took place behind the curtain. In both clubs, according to the owners, entry was granted to adult patrons after a fee was paid and the person was notified about the nature of the club.

"In general, case law has defined an indecent act as that behaviour which either offends the community or has the potential to cause harm to the community in some way.

"according to Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin, group sex neither offends nor harms the Canadian public.

In 1987, the Progressive Conservative Brian Mulroney government reduced the age of consent for sex in the Criminal Code to age 14, and the Liberal government has since refused to amend the law. In 1999, the provincial attorneys General called for the age of consent to be raised to 16 to help combat sexual exploitation of children. No action was ever taken by the Liberals.

In September 2005, both the Liberals and New Democrat Party voted against a motion to raise the age of consent to 16 by Conservative MP Nina Grewal.

a poll conducted in 2002 found that 80% of Canadians believe that the federal government should raise the age of sexual consent from 14 years to at least 16.

"We need to act now, before more innocent lives are ruined, Grewal concluded.

In Canada, the days are dwindling down to the new year of 2006. Do you know where your children are?


Canada Free Press founding editor Most recent by Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years experience in the print media. Her work has appeared on Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com, Glenn Beck. Judi can be reached at: judi@canadafreepress.com


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