Bill C-6 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy)

This bill was last introduced in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2021.

Sponsor

Status

In committee (Senate), as of June 28, 2021
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to, among other things, create the following offences:
(a) causing a person to undergo conversion therapy without the person’s consent;
(b) causing a child to undergo conversion therapy;
(c) doing anything for the purpose of removing a child from Canada with the intention that the child undergo conversion therapy outside Canada;
(d) promoting or advertising an offer to provide conversion therapy; and
(e) receiving a financial or other material benefit from the provision of conversion therapy.
It also amends the Criminal Code to authorize courts to order that advertisements for conversion therapy be disposed of or deleted.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Votes

June 22, 2021 Passed 3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-6, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy)

Oct. 28, 2020 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-6, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy)

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Dec. 1, 2020

Clerk of the Committee, Mr. Marc-Olivier Girard
François Daigle, Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Justice
Isabelle D'Souza, Legislative Counsel, House of Commons
Matt Ashcroft, Co-Founder and Human Rights and Social Justice Advisor, CT Survivors
Kristopher Wells, Canada Research Chair, MacEwan University, As an Individual
Kenneth J. Zucker, Psychologist and Professor (Status Only), University of Toronto, As an Individual
Ghislaine Gendron, Representative of the Comité de réflexion sur l'identité de genre, Pour les droits des femmes du Québec
James Cantor, Advisor, Pour les Droits des Femmes du Québec

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Dec. 3, 2020

Erika Muse, As an Individual
Jack Saddleback, Co-Chair, 2 Spirits in Motion
André Schutten, Legal Counsel and Director of Law and Policy, Association for Reformed Political Action Canada
Jose Ruba, Advisor, Association for Reformed Political Action Canada
Timothy Keslick, ASL-English Interpreter, As an Individual
Travis Salway, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, As an Individual
Emmanuel Sanchez, As an Individual
Smith, Lawyer, Adrienne Smith Law

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Dec. 8, 2020

Colette Aikema, Speaker, As an Individual
Nicholas Schiavo, Founder, No Conversion Canada
Peter Gajdics, Writer and Advocate, No Conversion Canada
Joan Davis-Whelan, President, Canadian Association of Social Workers
Alexandra Zannis, Social Policy and Communications Coordinator, Canadian Association of Social Workers
Lisa Bildy, Barrister and Solicitor, Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
Jane Dobson, As an Individual
Daniel Santoro, Barrister and Solicitor, As an Individual
Michael Whitman, As an Individual
Eminence Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop, Archdiocese of Toronto
Clerk of the Committee, Mr. Marc-Olivier Girard

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Dec. 10, 2020

Clerk of the Committee, Mr. Marc-Olivier Girard
Nathalie Levman, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Policy Sector, Department of Justice
Jacques Maziade