I want to explore that further. The Department of Justice website lays out a paragraph saying this is what this bill doesn't do, and that's been used as a communication piece by the minister. It aligns with what the minister said about the bill in his press conference introducing it, but if we back up just two years ago, the federal government was called upon to institute a Criminal Code ban on conversion therapy. As you know, the Criminal Code is the highest sanction we have in Canada. At the time, the federal government said this was primarily in the domain of the provinces, and that it would therefore not introduce Criminal Code amendments. Fast forward two years and we have this bill. It's very important that we get the definition right when we're talking about the Criminal Code.
I agree that individuals need to know where they stand before the law, and having the definition clear is so important.
There are two "for greater certainty" type clauses after the definition. What would be the downside of including the language in the definition that the department has on its website?