Commons approve ban on conversion therapy
(Ottawa) On the eve of the MPs' departure for the summer, the conversion therapy ban bill was passed in the House of Commons.
In the Conservative benches, dozens opposed it.
In the Conservative benches, dozens opposed it.
Bill C-6 was approved by an overwhelming majority, with 263 votes to 63 votes on Tuesday.
The votes against the bill all came from the Conservative benches, with the exception of independent Derek Sloan, who was with the Conservatives before he was kicked out of caucus.
Training leader Erin O'Toole supported him. Its deputy head, Candice Bergen, voted no.
And as was the case recently during a vote on an anti-abortion bill, the Conservative members from Quebec stood apart.
The Liberals have turned C-6 into a political weapon, exploiting it to portray the Conservative Party as a retrograde party held hostage by a fringe of the religious right.
After more than 50% of the Conservative MP said no to the legislation, party justice critic Rob Moore issued a press release to revert to the vote.
“Conservatives are clearly opposed to conversion therapy and attempts to force someone to change their sexual orientation,” he said.
Some MPs who spoke, including the talkative Garnett Genuis, criticized C-6, arguing that the definition of conversion therapy is inadequate.
Others, however, made comments that jumped in the Bloc, New Democrats and Liberals during the Commons debates.
One of them, Tamara Jansen, for example cited the example of “Charlotte”, a young woman who told her that she had seen a counselor “at a time in her life when she no longer wanted to continue her lesbian activities”.
Towards death on the soap opera?
Now that it has been approved for third reading by the House of Commons, the bill is taking the lead in the Senate.
The risks that he will die on the soap opera are real, with a possible federal election looming on the horizon.
The upper house, however, adjourns its work for the summer on Friday, according to the established schedule, which can however be changed.
But given the legislative bottleneck in the Senate, it would be surprising for Bill C-6 to go any further in this Parliament.
The votes against the bill all came from the Conservative benches, with the exception of independent Derek Sloan, who was with the Conservatives before he was kicked out of caucus.
Training leader Erin O'Toole supported him. Its deputy head, Candice Bergen, voted no.
And as was the case recently during a vote on an anti-abortion bill, the Conservative members from Quebec stood apart.
The Liberals have turned C-6 into a political weapon, exploiting it to portray the Conservative Party as a retrograde party held hostage by a fringe of the religious right.
After more than 50% of the Conservative MP said no to the legislation, party justice critic Rob Moore issued a press release to revert to the vote.
“Conservatives are clearly opposed to conversion therapy and attempts to force someone to change their sexual orientation,” he said.
Some MPs who spoke, including the talkative Garnett Genuis, criticized C-6, arguing that the definition of conversion therapy is inadequate.
Others, however, made comments that jumped in the Bloc, New Democrats and Liberals during the Commons debates.
One of them, Tamara Jansen, for example cited the example of “Charlotte”, a young woman who told her that she had seen a counselor “at a time in her life when she no longer wanted to continue her lesbian activities”.
Towards death on the soap opera?
Now that it has been approved for third reading by the House of Commons, the bill is taking the lead in the Senate.
The risks that he will die on the soap opera are real, with a possible federal election looming on the horizon.
The upper house, however, adjourns its work for the summer on Friday, according to the established schedule, which can however be changed.
But given the legislative bottleneck in the Senate, it would be surprising for Bill C-6 to go any further in this Parliament.
Melanie Marquis
THE PRESS
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THE PRESS
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2021-06-22/les-communes-approuvent-l-interdiction-des-therapies-de-conversion.php
