Canada’s bill to ban conversion therapy may be lost. Here’s why

Guest: Nicholas Schiavo, founder of No Conversion Canada

There was an important piece of legislation brought to the Senate last month, but with senators now on summer break and the possibility of an election looming, that legislation might be lost. Bill C-6 would ban conversion therapy, a widely discredited practice that claims to change someone’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. The practice is banned in some jurisdictions, but not Canada-wide. The bill has been called a “historic piece of legislation” and if the bill dies on the order paper because of the roadblock in the Senate, some say it will only lead to more irreparable harm on LGBTQ people.