Mr. Speaker, I am a little surprised at how concerned my colleague from Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan is about conversations that a father might have with his son about his sexual orientation. I do not think that has anything to do with conversion therapy, any more than a conversation about a bank robbery has anything to do with a plot to rob a bank.
That said, I am much more concerned about another aspect of the issue. People are very interested in conversion therapy, but they are also concerned because of the connection with the somewhat extreme ideas espoused by certain religious communities.
During the latest Conservative Party leadership race, my colleague from Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan said that he was working a lot with people who were privately and discreetly looking for support from evangelical churches in Quebec. Is my colleague not concerned that religious communities' influence on his party could interfere with a healthy debate on this important issue?