Commentary
In a free country, adults should have the right to choose their own psychological counselling options, and to pursue their own goals in relation to their own sexuality, in the privacy of a therapy session.
In 1967, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau famously stated that “There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.” If the state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation, why should it have a place in the counselling offices and psychology clinics of the nation?
A national survey conducted by Nanos for the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms showed that an overwhelming majority of Canadians agree that consenting adults should be free to get the sexuality counselling of their choice, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Despite public opinion, since 2021 it has been a crime in Canada to provide counselling to a person who struggles with gender identity to help them feel comfortable with the body they were born with. Counselling or therapy is criminal when based on the belief that heterosexuality is preferable to same-sex attraction, even if the client is an adult and voluntarily seeks that kind of help….