Yes and no. My perspective is that elder abuse is not a single Criminal Code crime...so that legislation generally applies to a victim and an offender regardless of age. We have noticed that there's an absence of discussion about the age of victim in terms of sentencing, so maybe there could be consideration of whether age-related vulnerability is an aggravating factor in terms of sentencing. There's a wide discretion for the judiciary in terms of sentencing, however, so....
On October 25th, 2011. See this statement in context.