CITY OF ST. ALBERT - File #: AR-19-487

• File #: AR-19-487
• Version: 1
• Type: Agenda Reports
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/2/2019
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 12/9/2019
• Final action: 12/9/2019
• Title: Bylaw 44/2019 Conversion Therapy Prohibition Presented by: Marta Caufield, Deputy City Solicitor, Legal & Legislative Services Department

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/9/2019	1	Community Living Standing Committee	approved

TAMRMS#: B06

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Bylaw 44/2019 Conversion Therapy Prohibition
Presented by: Marta Caufield, Deputy City Solicitor, Legal & Legislative Services Department

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RECOMMENDATION(S)
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That Community Living Standing Committee (CLSC) recommend to Council:

1. That Bylaw 44/2019 be read a first time.

2. That Bylaw 44/2019 be read a second time.

3. That unanimous consent be given for consideration of third reading of Bylaw 44/2019.

4. That Bylaw 44/2019 be read a third and final time.

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PURPOSE OF REPORT

The proposed bylaw has been prepared for CLSC consideration to recommend to Council that a stand-alone Conversion Therapy Prohibition Bylaw be passed.

The report also identifies other possible bylaw amendments that may be considered by the Standing Committee in lieu of or in addition to the Conversion Therapy Prohibition Bylaw.

ALIGNMENT TO PRIORITIES IN COUNCIL’S STRATEGIC PLAN

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ALIGNMENT TO LEVELS OF SERVICE DELIVERY

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ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION

On July 8, 2019, Council passed the following motions:

CM-19-022

Whereas Council on June 11, 2018 adopted a Declaration that St. Albert embraces diversity and is proud to be a place where all residents and visitors are valued and included;

And Whereas Conversion Therapy seeks to alter through medically and socially unacceptable means the manner in which members of the LGBTQ2S+ community self-identify and express to others their uniqueness as individuals, and as such Conversion Therapy is a cruel and degrading practice, contrary to the principles of Council’s June 11, 2018 Declaration and having no place in the welcoming and inclusive community that St. Albert strives to be;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Municipal Council of the City of St. Albert, Alberta fully supports elimination of the practice known as Conversion Therapy, in St. Albert and elsewhere, and strongly urges the Government of Canada to enact legislation making the...