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July 14, 2025 | In an article for聽Policy Magazine, MPP '25 Al-Amin Ahamed examined the gap between Canada鈥檚 2022 federal ban on conversion therapy and the ongoing harm caused by its underlying ideology. While Bill C-4 made it a criminal offence to attempt to change or suppress someone鈥檚 sexual orientation or gender identity, Ahamed warns that the ideology behind these practices has simply evolved鈥攁dopting new language and methods that fall outside the law鈥檚 reach.

Ahamed highlights how terms like 鈥渉ealing trauma鈥� or 鈥渓iving faithfully鈥� are now used to mask identity-suppressing interventions, particularly targeting trans, racialized, and marginalized communities. These covert practices, though harder to prosecute, continue to cause serious mental health impacts and reinforce the idea that queer and trans identities are disordered. Ahamed argues that while banning conversion therapy was a major step, lasting change requires a broader commitment to protecting 2SLGBTQ+ people from all forms of identity-based harm.