Thread by @justdad7

🇨🇦 There are many parallels between Bill C-7 on MAID and #BillC6 on conversion therapy, which are both at the committee stage . /2
OPINION | Why new medical assistance in dying law should be sent back to the drawing board | CBC News cbc.ca/news/opinion/o…

Both deal with complex and emotionally charged issues. In both cases, the government consultation seems to have been only with activists on one side of the debate. In both cases the most visible opponents have been religious conservatives but opposition is in fact much broader /3

and includes both religious and secular concerns. One critical difference is that while the media is providing balanced reporting on Bill C-7 there is no such balance on Bill C-6. No Canadian media is covering the issues raised by Detrans Canada. /4
detranscanada.com/brief-on-bill-…

There has been no reporting on the Keira Bell case in the UK or the major rethinking of treatment for gender dysphoria which is taking place in Sweden and Finland. /5
genderreport.ca/the-swedish-u-…

Next week the Justice Committee will start considering amendments to Bill C-7. The Liberals plus either the Bloc or the NDP can control the committee so it will be interesting to see what, if any amendments, the government is prepared to consider. The Committee is also likely /6

to decide on how many meetings to hold on Bill C-6 and how many witnesses to allow. Each party is allowed to choose a number of witnesses. Only the Conservatives are presently prepared to call any witnesses critical of the Bill. I hope that @RobMoore_CPC and his colleagues /7

have done their homework and that they will bring forward witnesses who represent the full range of opinions on this issue.

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