There will be an independent investigation of how the RCMP handled this case, as well as an independent investigation of the how the school board handled it.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/0...-sexual-assault-case-following-public-outcry/
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Canada wants people to stop using the term bullying for these types of situations, and call it for what it is -
criminal activity.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/0...ons-bullying-criminal-activity_n_3064844.html
I completely agree, this NEEDS to happen. There needs to be a clear delineation between what is social feedback, what is bullying, and then further down the continuum, what is a crime that should be prosecuted by the courts.
And before charging people with crimes for having sex while drunk, there need to be specific laws that ban that. And when those laws are enacted, the bar businesses will close because that's their bread and butter. A significant percentage of men and women in a bar on a weekend are there to get drunk and hook up. If that is determined to be a crime, largely, the bar businesses will all close.
This is, of course, different when juveniles are involved. But how can we hold juvenile boys to a higher standard of discretion and maturity than we hold adult men to? It's a slippery slope, praise for this guy who is trying to tackle it, and good luck. But how can we accept that men will cruise bars for drunk women and have sex with them, and yet say that boys can't cruise parties for drunk girls?
Things that are crimes should be CLEARLY written into law, but things that are unattractive vulgar behavior aren't crimes. It's time to make the line clear.
And also, what is considered child
. Can those juveniles who are in the photos be charged with child
if they create the photos of themselves, engaging in sex or photos of their genitals? No if they're girls, yes if they're boys? Because that's the way it is now. If boys even are in possession of a photo sent to them by a girl of the same age, of a photo she took of her body, the boy is criminally responsible where the girl is not.
Kudos to this movement, it's about time, to make laws align with charges that are being prosecuted.
I have to add this too, it's kind of related. In recent years, kids in public schools have been issued "tickets" for things that have to wend their way through the juvenile criminal court that are in fact, not crimes. Being surly, cursing at a teacher, being difficult to handle. They're sent to the office where the resource officer writes them a criminal offense ticket and they have to appear in criminal court. This is not being stopped. We have too many kids with criminal records who in fact, committed no crimes ever. They are just jerks, and being a jerk isn't a crime. Same thing with these cases, IMHO. Some things are crimes and those who commit them should be charged, and other things are just acts of difficult people.
