No one signed for him he ordered the phone online and got it about 3 days later the company was called Imagine wireless.ca. We have sent in proof of his age and they are taking it off they screwed up and they know it. Oh and by the way he is taking care of it but I do all the research on things like this as he doesn't know a lot about this stuff

Without a doubt someone had to co-sign the contract for him. It wouldn't only be Rogers as a company that could get into legal trouble over it - so would the independent retailer.

why isn't your boyfriend taking care of this? I don't understand that. shouldn't he be the one who fixes his things? they won't talk to you without his written signed permission. that's under the canadian privacy act.

if he was underage, i don't understand how he could've got a cell phone. you do have to show ID to enter into a contract. someone of age must of signed for him or, he was of legal age when he got it.

this makes no sense.

So how would I go about going after Rogers to take this off of his credit seeing as they let him enter into a legal contract before he was of legal age. Thanks

I did a quick search for Age of Majority in British Columbia...

http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/stat/A/96007_01.htm

According to this, the age of majority in B.C. is 19.
You may have a point there!!

Age of majority

1 (1) From April 15, 1970,

(a) a person reaches the age of majority on becoming age 19 instead of age 21, and

(b) a person who on that date has reached age 19 but not 21 is deemed to have reached majority on that date.

(2) Subsection (1) applies for the purposes of

(a) any rule of law, and

(b) in the absence of a definition or of an indication of a contrary intention, for the interpretation of "full age", "infant", "infancy", "minor", "minority" and similar expressions in

(i) an enactment whenever enacted, and

(ii) a deed, will or other instrument of whatever nature, not being an enactment, made on or after April 15, 1970.

(3) The use of the words or similar expressions referred to in subsection (2) does not in itself indicate a contrary intention under that subsection, without some further indication of a contrary intention.

(4) In an enactment other than this Act, a reference to age 21 must be read as a reference to age 19.

(5) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by order, amend an enactment or bylaw of a local government passed on or before April 15, 1970, by substituting a reference to age 19 for a reference to age 21.

(6) An amendment may be made applicable to a class of enactment or bylaw.

(7) Despite any rule of law, a will or codicil executed before April 15, 1970 is deemed, for the purposes of this Act, not to have been made on or after that date only because the will or codicil is confirmed by a codicil executed on or after that date.

I just wanted to ask if anyone knows what the legal age in BC is to enter into a cell phone contract?
The reason is my boyfriend recently received a letter in the mail for an old cell phone account he opened when he was 18 and I believe the legal age is 19. If the legal age is 19 can I have rogers strike this off because they screwed up by giving him a phone.

Thanks for your input.