✔︎ Bill C-4 (Ban on Conversion Therapy)
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labour Code
Third Reading.
Vote
Yea.
Rationale
BIll C-4 bans conversion therapy. What does this mean for the LGBT2S+ community? This will strengthen the rights of equality and dignity. As a stronger bill, it will better protect the community by criminalizing:
Causing another person to undergo conversion therapy
Removing a minor from Canada to subject them to conversion therapy abroad
Profiting from providing conversion therapy
Advertising or promoting conversion therapy
This does NOT criminalize speaking openly and in good-faith about someone's gender or sexual identity. What does this mean for Canada? This bill will ensure we are a country where everyone - regardless of gender expression, gender identity, or sexual orientation - can live equally and freely.
Result
Passed.