Sauye-sauyen shekarun yarda a Kanada

**Sauye-sauyen [[Shekarar yarda|shekarun yarda]] a Kanada** yana nufin tattaunawar al'adu da shari'a a Kanada game da shekarun yarda, wanda aka tashe shi a watan Mayu na shekara ta 2008 a matsayin wani ɓangare na Dokar Kula da Laifukan Rikicin .  Wannan ya shafi dukkan nau'ikan jima'i.

A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2008, gwamnatin Kanada karkashin jagorancin Stephen Harper ta zartar da Bill C-22 (wanda aka gabatar a watan Fabrairun shekara ta 2007 kuma aka sake sabuntawa a watan Agustan shekara ta 2007)  don kara shekarun yarda daga 14 zuwa 16, yayin da ake samar da izinin kusa da jima'i tsakanin yara masu shekaru 14-15 da abokan tarayya kasa da shekaru 5 da haihuwa, da kuma kiyaye wani sashi na kusa da shekaru don jima'i daga yara masu shekaru 12-13 da abokan tarayya ƙasa da shekaru 2 da haihuwa. Har ila yau, shirin yana riƙe da bambanci na wucin gadi ga auren da suka riga sun kasance na yara masu shekaru 14 da 15, amma ya hana sababbin aure kamar waɗannan a nan gaba.

Sashe na 159 na Dokar Laifuka ya sanya shekarun yarda don jima'i na baya a 18 ga ma'aurata marasa aure. A watan Yunin 2019, Bill C-75 ya wuce gidaje biyu na Majalisar dokokin Kanada kuma ya sami amincewar sarauta, ya soke sashi na 159 kuma ya sanya shekarun yarda daidai da 16 ga kowane nau'in jima'i. Kafin soke shi, sashi na 159 an gudanar da shi ba bisa ka'ida ba ta kotuna da yawa, gami da kotuna daukaka kara 4, kuma an dauke shi ba za a iya aiwatar da shi ba.

## Dokar da ta gabata ta 1890
A shekara ta 1890, an ɗaga shekarun yarda daga 12 zuwa 14.

## Yakin da ake yi da masu cin zarafin Intanet
Tsohon jami'in 'yan sanda na Toronto Paul Gillespie ya ce lissafin zai ba 'yan sanda "ƙarin kayan aiki" a cikin yaƙin da ake yi da masu cin zarafin Intanet. Manufar lissafin ita ce ta yi niyya ga "Masu cin zarafin jima'i" da masu karuwanci. Sauran kungiyoyin da suka goyi bayan karuwar shekarun yarda sune Majalisar Mata ta Kasa ta Kanada (NCWC), Ƙungiyar Ayyukan Iyali ta Kanada (CFAC), Gidauniyar Laifin Kanada (CCVF), Beyond Borders Inc. da Kanadawa da ke Magana da Cin zarafin Jima'i (CASE).

## Shari'ar Dale Eric Beckham
Ɗaya daga cikin masu motsawa don sake fasalin waɗannan dokoki a Kanada shine batun Dale Eric Beckham . A watan Maris na shekara ta 2005, Beckham, wanda ke da shekaru 31, ya yi tafiya daga gidansa a Texas" id="mwQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Woodlands, Texas">Woodlands, Texas zuwa Ottawa, Ontario don saduwa da wani yaro mai shekaru 14 da ya sadu da shi ta intanet. Iyayen yaron, bayan sun gan shi yana ɓoyewa a tsakiyar dare zuwa cikin taksi, sun faɗakar da 'yan sanda waɗanda suka bi motar zuwa otal ɗin gari. 'Yan sanda sun sami Beckham da yaron ba tare da sutura ba a cikin ɗakin otal, inda suka yi jima'i; daga baya aka tabbatar da cewa su biyu sun yi jima'in jima'i a daren da ya gabata. 'Yan sanda sun kuma gano daruruwan hotunan batsa na yara a kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka da Beckham ya kawo tare da shi daga Texas. An kama Beckham kuma an tsare shi ba tare da beli ba. 

A cikin jihar Beckham ta Texas, shekarun yarda shine 17 kuma masu keta doka na iya fuskantar hukuncin ɗaurin kurkuku har zuwa shekaru 10-20. A Kanada, jima'i tare da matasa masu shekaru 14 ya kasance doka (har zuwa Mayu 2008) muddin an yarda da shi kuma babba ba ta cikin matsayi na iko ko dogaro. Yaron, wanda aka ruwaito yana fama da rikicewar damuwa ta zamantakewa kuma ya nuna alamun kashe kansa, ya nace yayin ganawa da 'yan sanda cewa jima'i da Beckham ya kasance tare da yardar rai. Sakamakon haka, laifin da Beckham zai iya gurfanar da shi a Kanada ya kasance ƙaramin laifi na mallakar Hotunan batsa na yara. A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2005, Beckham ya yi ikirarin laifi kuma an yanke masa hukuncin da ya riga ya yi aiki. Daga nan aka umarce shi da a kore shi zuwa Amurka.

Bayan an sanar da shi game da kama shi a Kanada, jami'an Shige da Fice da Kwastam (ICE) sun bincika gidan Beckham a Woodlands, Texas, inda suka gano adadi mai yawa na Hotunan batsa na yara a kwamfutarsa, tare da wasu da ke nuna yara kasa da shekaru 12 da ke yin jima'i da manya. Bayan ya koma Amurka, nan da nan aka kama Beckham kuma aka tsare shi ba tare da jingina ba. A watan Yulin 2007, Beckham ya yi ikirarin aikata laifi a kan zargin tarayya na jigilar hotunan batsa na yara zuwa Kanada,   kodayake lauyansa ya yi jayayya ba tare da nasara ba cewa halin Beckham shine sakamakon raguwar iyawa. A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2007, an yanke wa Beckham hukuncin shekaru 17 a kurkuku, wanda za a bi shi da kulawa ta rayuwa.

Wannan shari'ar ta haifar da damuwa cewa masu cin zarafin yara, ba kawai a Kanada ba har ma daga kasashen waje, suna amfani da ƙarancin shekarun yarda na Kanada don cin zarafin yaran da ke cikin rauni yayin da suke tserewa daga gurfanar da laifi.

## Rashin amincewa

Masu gwagwarmayar kare hakkin LGBT sun soki lissafin saboda bai magance batun daidaito ba kuma sun ci gaba da shekarun yarda na Kanada na yanzu don jima'i na baya a waje da aure a 18. Hillary Cook, mai magana da yawun kungiyar kare hakkin dan luwadi ta Egale Canada, ta bayyana cewa lissafin "ƙoƙari ne na samun maki". A watan Yunin 2019, C-75 ya wuce gidaje biyu na Majalisar dokokin Kanada kuma ya sami amincewar sarauta, wanda ya soke sashi na 159 nan da nan kuma ya sanya shekarun yarda daidai da 16 ga dukkan mutane.

Kungiyar cutar kanjamau ta Kanada ta bayyana cewa "ƙaruwar shekarun yarda na iya haifar da matasa su kasance masu ɓoye game da ayyukansu na jima'i kuma ba sa neman bayanan da suke buƙata. Wannan zai sanya matasa cikin haɗarin kamuwa da cutar kanjamawa / AIDS da sauran cututtukan da ake samu ta hanyar jima'i. "  Majalisar Kare Hakkin Yara ta Kanada ta kuma yi nuni da wani labarin a cikin The Globe and Mail, yana nuna damuwa cewa wannan zai rage neman kwaroron roba. 

Shirin ya kuma sami zargi daga Andrea Cohen na tsohuwar kungiyar Canadian Federation for Sexual Health (wanda aka fi sani da Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada), wanda ya ce kungiyar ta yi imanin cewa dokar ba ta yi komai ba don hana matasa daga cutar. Ta yi magana a kan CTV News Channel ta "Mike Duffy Live" inda ta bayyana cewa: "Abin da zai yi ya keta haƙƙin matasa dangane da ikon su na yanke shawara game da jima'i". A shekara ta 2007, kungiyar ta fitar da wata sanarwa ta hukuma. Peter Dudding, babban darakta na Child Welfare League of Canada, ya kuma soki tasirin lissafin na cire ikon shari'a a cikin shari'o'in da suka shafi yara masu shekaru 14 da 15: "Lokacin da muka magance yankewa, muna rasa sassauci don amfani da doka a hanyar da ta fi dacewa da kuma ta mutum".

## Dubi kuma

* Canjin shekarun yarda

## Manazarta