Editor’s Note: The article has been updated to include exclusive comment from Conservative MP Matt Strauss.
A Conservative MP is pushing back after being accused of refusing to sponsor a petition to repeal Bill C-4, saying he never saw the request.
In a video posted this week, Veteran and Mayday Canada member Jeff Evely claimed MP Larry Brock refused to sponsor a petition challenging Canada’s conversion therapy law.
“Larry Brock just became the fourth so-called Conservative politician to decline to authorize House of Commons e-petition E-7314,” Evely said.
The activist claimed to have first approached Garnett Genuis, Leslyn Lewis and Matt Strauss, all of whom also declined to sponsor the petition.
Evely then alleges he and detransitioner Faith Grolo, one of Brock’s constituents, later hand-delivered letters to Brock’s constituency office outlining their concerns about Bill C-4, but says the petition was ultimately declined without explanation.
However, Strauss disputed Evely’s account, telling Juno News he never knowingly declined the petition because he never saw the sponsorship request.
“I am not a supporter of C-4,” Strauss said.
