Feds tabling new bill to ban conversion therapy on Monday
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On Monday, the federal government will be tabling an enhanced version of their bill to largely ban conversion therapy practices in Canada, moving forward with a stronger version of previously-halted legislation. The version of the bill coming next week is expected to include more teeth and potentially a wider reach when it comes to cracking down on the harmful practice.
The version of the bill coming next week is expected to include more teeth and potentially a wider reach when it comes to cracking down on the harmful practice.
Conversion “therapy” as it’s been called, seeks to change a person's sexual orientation to heterosexual or gender identity to cisgender, and has been opposed by numerous health and human rights groups.
The new bill has been put on the House of Commons notice paper for Monday, with tabling expected that afternoon.
The previous iteration of the bill, known as C-6, was halted in the Senate, after Conservatives refused to fast-track it at the end of the sitting in June. The legislation then died when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau triggered the summer federal election.
