When a shopkeeper threatens to call the police because he believes Jay was shoplifting, a bystander references the 'Young Offenders Act' (a 1982 Canadian law) as a reason that the cops "can't do anything", because Jay is 14 years old. At the time this episode was produced (1994), only offenders younger than 12 years were entirely 'off the hook', while those between 12 and 17 could be prosecuted (with certain limitations compared with adults).