ABOVE: Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Public domain photo)
The Canadian Senate approved a bill Dec. 7 that would ban so-called conversion therapy in the country.
Attorney General David Lametti and Women and Gender Equality and Youth Minister Marci Ien last week introduced the measure that would amend Canada’s Criminal Code to ban the widely discredited practice. The Canadian House of Commons on Dec. 1 unanimously approved the bill.
“Our government’s legislation to ban conversion therapy in Canada is one step closer to becoming law,” tweeted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday. “To everyone who has made this possible, thank you. Let’s keep building a country where everyone is free to be who they are and love who they love.”
Lametti in his own tweet noted the bill will become law once it receives royal assent.
Update: Our government’s legislation to ban conversion therapy in Canada is one step closer to becoming law. To everyone who has made this possible, thank you. Let’s keep building a country where everyone is free to be who they are and love who they love. https://t.co/3s7GY0StmH
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) December 7, 2021
Canada would join Malta and a handful of countries that ban conversion therapy once the law takes effect.
