As more MPs signal vote against ‘vague’ anti-conversion therapy bill, Green MP Atwin calls claims ‘ridiculous’

'I don’t think the concerns are genuinely about the bill. I think the concerns are rooted much deeper,’ says Liberal MP Pam Damoff.

Independent MP Derek Sloan, left, says other MPs will be voting against the Liberals’ bill banning conversion therapy at third reading. Conservative MPs who voted to move the bill at second reading but say they will vote against it next time because of a too-broad definition of ‘conversion therapy’ include Marilyn Gladu, Garnett Genuis, and Michael Cooper. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY ALICE CHEN

May 19, 2021

Expect the handful of MPs who previously voted against the government's anti-conversion therapy bill to grow when it comes to its final vote, say opposition MPs who are still unsatisfied with what they call an "overly broad" definition of the practice. Bill C-6 would change the Criminal Code to out...

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