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"The Canadian legislation on conversion therapy was developed in consultation with a small group of activists on one side of the issue and pushed through Parliament with minimal debate." This comment on C-4, also applies to C-16, the Gender Self-Identification Bill Justin Trudeau pushed through without proper consultation after his 2015 election. 90% of Canadian women are against Gender self ID, yet it was voted and implemented without an ounce of respect for their sex-based rights.

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Thank you for this great summary of the issues!

" They then respond that randomized control trials for puberty blockers would not be ethical or even possible. " It would not be ethical if puberty blockers were known to be beneficial and preferable to no puberty blockers. But that is assuming the outcome, not shown, that they are trying to prove. (Ditto hormones or surgery.) It's not known if those in the control arm are actually getting a better treatment, in fact, that's the point....

You wouldn't refuse the people in the control arm any treatment, you could provide psychological and other support, just not medical intervention....?

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We really need to get a better measure on the suicide rate. No change to 18% higher AFTER medicalization is a huge range. I've not seen any study that passed through basic quality control show a decrease (unfortunately peer-review does not necessarily equal quality control in this field).

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