Mr. Speaker, of course, Conservatives are supportive of efforts to ban conversion therapy. We are also asking questions about the definition and suggesting that there could be improvements to fix the definition to ensure broader consensus.
In particular, I want to ask the member about one aspect of the definition. I think that most people would understand conversion therapy as involving an attempt to change a person's sexual orientation. The definition, though, also includes efforts to reduce sexual attraction or behaviour.
I can imagine many cases in which individuals might see a counsellor or seek advice from mentors in an effort to reduce or, in some way, change the way they are acting sexually. They might find that their sexual behaviour is getting them into problems in their lives, and they want to seek counselling in order to reduce sexual attraction or behaviour. Language around sexual attraction or behaviour, to me, is very distinct from the kind of conversion that we typically think of as conversion therapy.
Would the member agree that one way to fix this definition is to focus only on the changing of orientation aspect, as opposed to the kind of counselling someone might seek as support for changing or mainly reducing their sexual behaviour?