Bill C-404

National Conversion Therapy Awareness Day Act

An Act to establish National Conversion Therapy Awareness Day

Sponsor

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of June 13, 2024

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment establishes the 7th of January in each year as “National Conversion Therapy Awareness Day”.

Elsewhere

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

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-404s:

C-404 (2018) An Act to amend the Assisted Human Reproduction Act

C-404 (2013) Temporary Resident Visa Processing Requirements Act

C-404 (2012) Temporary Resident Visa Processing Requirements Act

C-404 (2010) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (failure to prevent access to child pornography)

Conversion TherapyStatements By Members

June 17th, 2024 / 2 p.m.

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Liberal

Mark Gerretsen Liberal Kingston and the Islands, ON

Mr. Speaker, my private member's bill, Bill C-404, an act to establish a national conversion therapy awareness day, would establish a national day of awareness for conversion therapy on January 7 of each year, which is the date the law banning this harmful practice came into force in Canada in 2022.

Two people inspired the creation of this bill: Ben Rodgers, who is from the Kingston area, and Veronica Merryfield from Cape Breton—Canso.

Ben is the founder of the group C.T. Survivors Connect, a first-of-its-kind support group for conversion therapy survivors. Survivors come together to support one another and to access and share support resources.

I thank Ben and Veronica for their work and inspiration.

I hope all parliamentarians will support Bill C-404, which is intended to assist the incredible work to support those affected by this horrific practice of conversion therapy and to bring awareness to the legacy effects that still exist.