Senate leaders point back at government, House as they defend leaving conversion therapy bill stuck in limbo

With MPs gone for their summer break, Senators would not be able to amend Bill C-6 and see it pass it before the fall, said Senator Scott Tannas.

Senators Yuen Pau Woo, left, Scott Tannas, Jane Cordy, and Don Plett lead the four groups in the Senate. They were unable to reach an agreement to study and hold a final vote on Bill C-6 during the summer. Photographs courtesy of the Senate, Facebook; The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

August 2, 2021

Two Senate leaders say they broke for the summer without passing a bill to crack down on “conversion therapy” because the government did not signal that doing so was a priority, and because Senators would not have been able to get amendments to the bill passed with...

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