Again, just simply adding the word “coercion” to practice or therapy, right at the start of the definition, would make this very fair and very safe and acknowledge the right that people like myself exist. We have a right to access this care.
When it comes to being able to just look at the counselling opportunities and the support, if we have a right to choose what our sexual practices are, even if that means choosing to be a virgin until you're 44, then we have to have a right to get that support.
When it comes to what's happening in Calgary now, there is a radical chilling effect in what's happening to churches. They're very scared. They actually say that they have to be willing to challenge the law even just to do their job as believers, whether they're Christians, Sikhs, Hindus or Muslims. There's a billion people who believe that when it comes to sexuality, God designed it for a husband and wife in marriage. We have a right to live according to those beliefs and practise that. This bill says your goal is wrong, and it dictates what a religious goal should be. That is not something that jives with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.