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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Wait I really need you to be clear on this.
It is ok for an person under the age of consent to have sex with a person over the age of consent, if that person is only a couple of years older than the person under the age of consent.
Is that what you are saying?
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If he is, he's technically correct. There is a "peer group" exemption, partially designed to essentially prevent vexatious "statutory rape" charges from jilted ex-girlfriends (and boyfriends) prevalent in the US.
http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/dept-min/clp/faq.html
Even so, the age of sexual consent in Canada is 16, not 18. Therefore it is very easy to have a legal adult and a legal minor to have legal sex.