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1/5 #COVID19 key concerns in 🇨🇦: Today, in lieu of a daily in-person update to the media, I have issued a Sunday statement you can read in full here: canada.ca/en/public-heal…
2/5 June is Pride Month #Pride2020 – a time for LGBTQ2+ communities and their allies to come together to celebrate our diversity from a place of inclusion, empathy and love. #FreeTobeMe #Pride #Canada #LGBTQ2 #VirtualPride
3/5 With #COVID19 still active in 🇨🇦, the risk of the virus spreading remains, and large-scale in-person celebrations ↑↑ this risk. I applaud the actions of #Pride Festival organizers in #Canada in quickly organizing virtual festivities. #StayProudStaySafe
THREAD 1/9 : In light of recent events, it is important to restate that conversion therapy is a heinous and inhumane practice with no basis in science. We are working hard with partners to stamp out this vile practice.
2/9 Following are the Criminal Code offences that criminalize the behavior associated with conversation therapy.
3/9 Depending on the circumstances of a particular case, Criminal Code offences such as: kidnapping (subsection 279(1)), forcible confinement (subsection 279(2)) and assault (sections 266 to 268) may apply where a person is forcibly compelled to undergo conversion therapy.
