The proposed bylaw, which would apply to organizations trying to make money as well as not-for-profit organizations, comes with teeth: Those violating the ban face fines up to $10,000 or up to a year in jail
Groups ranging from the World Health Organization to the College of Alberta Psychologists condemn conversion therapy, also known as reparative therapy, as harmful, fraudulent, unethical and unscientific. Vancouver, in 2018, became the first Canadian city to ban conversion therapy; Strathcona County in 2019 became the first municipality in Alberta to pass rules restricting conversion therapy. A number of municipalities have since followed suit, including Edmonton and Fort McMurray.
Religious leaders frequently oppose efforts to outlaw conversion therapy, arguing bans infringe on freedoms. In Calgary, however, 44 faith leaders, in a letter late last week, told council any assertion that the proposed bylaw attacks religious freedom is “hyperbolic and false.
“God doesn’t make too many mistakes,” he said. “Conversion therapy, in its attempt to change people into individuals they are not, has brought immeasurable harm to a lot of people.”
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