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Originally Posted by ken0042
I'm not going to look it up at work, but I was under the impression that what she did was not considered a crime here. The "victim" was 16, and she was not in a position of authority.
So if I'm wrong on the legality, that explains the difference in our opinions.
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this is the wording its fairly cloudy
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The age of consent for sexual activity is 16 years. It was raised from 14 years on May 1, 2008 by the Tackling Violent Crime Act.
However, the age of consent is 18 years where the sexual activity "exploits" the young person -- when it involves prostitution, pornography or occurs in a relationship of authority, trust or dependency (e.g., with a teacher, coach or babysitter). Sexual activity can also be considered exploitative based on the nature and circumstances of the relationship, e.g., the young person's age, the age difference between the young person and their partner, how the relationship developed (quickly, secretly, or over the Internet) and how the partner may have controlled or influenced the young person.
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The Grey area at the bottom is where the trouble starts, I believe because their age difference was greater then 5 years in Canada, then she would have committed a crime here. If he was 16 or greater the age difference wouldn't have mattered.