My friend Mr. McKinnon talked about conversion therapy. There was a recent petition tabled in the House by my colleague from Saskatoon West, Sheri Benson, calling on the federal government to amend the Criminal Code to ban conversion therapy.
That request was rejected by this government. The reason given was that this was largely a provincial and territorial issue and the practice can already be addressed through existing provisions of the Criminal Code, for example, kidnapping, forceable confinement and assault.
In your view, does this answer satisfy you, or would you like to see an explicit Criminal Code provision to ban conversion therapy? Do you feel that the current Criminal Code is strong enough in its present form?