AGE OF SEXUAL CONSENT

We have been getting some very powerful e-mails in from a bunch regarding C-22 (raising the age of sexual consent from 14 to 16). This one is extremely powerful and we wanted to share it with you too. -- 4MYC Team

"...Heres what I would like to say to our Federal government concerning Bill C-22.....As a 17 year old Canadian, I believe that Bill C-22 is very important to protect the youth of our nation. I find it sad to think that when I walk through my halls at high school, most students aren’t really protected of sexual predators under currant Canadian legislature. I can easily admit that at the age of 14, I probably could’ve been easily been manipulated or pressured, especially with the internet opening tons of new doors to sexual predators. When I was 14, a friend of mine who was already 15 at the time, spoke to a man a couple times in a chat room. However things didn’t end there, this man then stalked her and one day attempted to abduct her. Fortunately, there were people near by and she managed to get away. This hurts it’s me know to think, that this man could have raped my friend and probably could’ve gotten away with it. My friend was 15 but wasn’t really more mature then me but unlike me, she wouldn’t have been protect under current legislature. So basically I am pleading that the government to increase the age of sexual consent to 16, so that I can walk through my halls at school and know that at least half of the students are protect of sexual predators."