{"id":28813,"date":"2020-03-09T08:21:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T12:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=28813"},"modified":"2021-10-04T12:26:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T16:26:44","slug":"federal-government-to-criminalize-conversion-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2020\/03\/09\/federal-government-to-criminalize-conversion-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal government to criminalize conversion therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-38706\" data-series-id=\"433\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/series\/conversion-therapy\/\">Conversion Therapy<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"937\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_1813-e1572207552214-683x1024.jpg?resize=625%2C937&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_1813-e1572207552214.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_1813-e1572207552214.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_1813-e1572207552214.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_1813-e1572207552214.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_1813-e1572207552214.jpg?w=1875&amp;ssl=1 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption>Peace Tower, Ottawa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The federal government will table legislation today that will amend the Criminal Code to ban conversion therapy.  We are watching this development carefully to see what impact this may have on Christian charities across Canada.  Be sure to check back later today for further updates on this development.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CCCC, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and the Christian Legal Fellowship jointly produced<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/documents\/others\/conversion_therapy_church_guidance_2020_03_06.pdf\"> Church Guidance: Conversion Therapy<\/a>, to assist you on issues related to conversion therapy. The document summarizes general concerns with the bans and suggests wording for communicating with elected officials on this sensitive issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/documents\/others\/conversion_therapy_church_guidance_2020_03_06.pdf\">Church Guidance: Conversion Therapy<\/a>  is a general guide in that it is not specific to any city, province or jurisdiction so that it can be of help to as many churches, organizations and individuals as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CCCC will review the Bill and, as appropriate, provide Bill-specific commentary and feedback to further equip and inform you.  Stay tuned. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-38706 pps-series-meta-excerpt\" data-series-id=\"433\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/series\/conversion-therapy\/\">Conversion Therapy<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>The federal government will table legislation today that will amend the Criminal Code to ban conversion therapy. We are watching this development carefully to see what impact this may have on Christian charities across Canada. Be sure to check back later today for further updates on this development. The CCCC,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2020\/03\/09\/federal-government-to-criminalize-conversion-therapy\/\" class=\"linkbutton\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ts_fic_featured_image_caption":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[434,138,311],"series":[433],"class_list":["post-28813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-conversion-therapy","tag-law-and-religion","tag-lgbtq-rights","series-conversion-therapy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Federal government to criminalize conversion therapy - CCCC Blogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mail.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2020\/03\/09\/federal-government-to-criminalize-conversion-therapy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Federal government to criminalize conversion therapy - CCCC Blogs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The federal government will table legislation today that will amend the Criminal Code to ban conversion therapy. 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Indeed, the federal government had made this a priority issue, urging the Minister of Justice \u201cto amend the Criminal Code to ban the practice of conversion therapy and take other steps required with the provinces\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 8 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 8 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2020\/02\/10\/the-controversy-over-conversion-therapy\/#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Wave-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Wave-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Wave-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Wave-2.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Wave-2.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Wave-2.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28819,"url":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2020\/03\/14\/conversion-therapy-bill-c-8\/","url_meta":{"origin":28813,"position":2},"title":"Conversion Therapy Bill C-8","author":"cccc","date":"March 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The falling dominoes: why changing the criminal code may have unintended effects On March 9, 2020, the federal government tabled Bill C-8 in Parliament, to criminalize \u201cconversion therapy.\u201d Rather than focusing on discredited and coercive practices, the current legislation expands the concept of conversion therapy to include any \u201cpractice, treatment\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 2 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 2 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2020\/03\/14\/conversion-therapy-bill-c-8\/#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":33560,"url":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2021\/12\/07\/bill-c4-conversion-therapy-ban-passes-the-senate\/","url_meta":{"origin":28813,"position":3},"title":"Bill C4, Conversion Therapy Ban Passes the Senate","author":"Deina Warren","date":"December 7, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"UPDATE: Bill C-4 received Royal Assent on December 8. 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