EDMONTON — Edmonton councillors passed a bylaw Tuesday to ban conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a practice that attempts to change one's sexual orientation or gender identity. In April, Ward 4 Coun. Aaron Paquette introduced a motion to ban the "fraudulent" practice. Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson called conversion therapy "unprofessional." St. Albert and Spruce Grove are in the process of banning the practice; however, the Alberta NDP's working group created to ban conversion therapy was not supported by the UCP government. The federal government has promised to ban the practice.
