A 14- or 15-year-old girl is not a child, but rather a “sexually mature young woman,” according to a lawyer for a Northern Ontario children’s aid society. Downtown Kenora, Ont., seen here in a Sept. 2015 file photo. Article Continued Below“A fourteen or fifteen (sic) girl is a sexually mature young woman, not a ‘child,’ as the term is conventionally understood,” McCallum states. The statement is again referenced in a January 2019 decision by Superior Court Justice Jessica Kimmel, who ruled that the plaintiff’s action could proceed. McCallum’s statement is before the court and as you point out, it has been before the court for some time,” he said.

Source: thestar March 24, 2019 09:00 UTC