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Tania | Autistic Strategies Network | #BanABA 😷

2 Dec, 4 tweets, 4 min read

@DavidLametti

@DavidLametti The Ontario government is still SPONSORING #ConversionTherapy and has recently allocated several million dollars to training new RBTs to deliver this. Are you going to stop them?

https://twitter.com/ekverstania/status/1465076124371894274?t=Vu27mpeCzbLJzkt8_3IqoA&s=19

@DavidLametti

@DavidLametti Here's one of the companies that benefit from the Ontario government's sponsorship of #ConversionTherapy for disabled children. Parents and providers have lobbied hard to keep this pseudoscience going, and the government agreed.

https://twitter.com/ekverstania/status/1465318705529868291?t=Vu27mpeCzbLJzkt8_3IqoA&s=19

@DavidLametti

@DavidLametti Do you need more direct evidence? The Ontario government is sponsoring #ConversionTherapy. Will you stop them, or are you going to make child abusers exempt from prosecution if the victims are disabled?
#BanABA #FollowTheMoney

https://twitter.com/sonderlyio/status/1348710025217372166?t=Vu27mpeCzbLJzkt8_3IqoA&s=19

@DavidLametti

@DavidLametti This is what's happening in Canada. You're celebrating the end of #ConversionTherapy, but you're deluded. Conversion therapy is stronger than ever and taxpayers are funding it. Get real!

https://twitter.com/swahkee/status/1466950667893977098?t=FQt9oBPXHZtl_ZQebhYdTg&s=19

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