Petitions

Read what Canadians are asking Parliament to do, and follow the government’s response.

Parliament 45 · 1,170 petitions

451-01240

October 6, 2026

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Protect Clearview farmland

Terry Dowdall · 42 signatures

Petitioners say the Department of National Defence purchased about 288 hectares of prime farmland overlapping the Minesing Wetlands and has contacted residents about potentially acquiring an additional 2,600+ acres in Clearview Township for Arctic Over‑the‑Horizon Radar (A‑OTHR) receive sites. They ask the Government of Canada to stop construction on the already purchased property, prevent further acquisition and A‑OTHR construction on Clearview’s prime farmland, and register the purchased land with the Ontario Farmland Trust to preserve its agricultural status. No government response is included with the petition.

451-01241

October 6, 2026

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Correctional chaplaincy services

Mark Gerretsen · 73 signatures

Petitioners cite the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Correctional Service Canada (CSC) Commissioner’s Directives, saying these recognize religious freedom and entitle inmates to reasonable opportunities to practise religion and express spirituality. They allege that Bridges of Canada, a CSC subcontractor, has reduced chaplaincy services at minimum‑security institutions and call on the Government of Canada to review the impact of funding cutbacks in CSC’s departmental plan and to ensure that all inmates in Canadian penitentiaries continue to receive tradition‑based chaplaincy services.

451-01242

October 6, 2026

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FND Recognition and Support

Mark Gerretsen · 897 signatures

Petitioners tell the House of Commons that Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) is a complex, under‑recognized condition affecting thousands of Canadian children and adults and that people with FND often face stigma, delayed diagnosis, and inadequate care. They ask the Government of Canada to recognize FND as a public health issue, run awareness campaigns, promote specialized inpatient and outpatient multidisciplinary FND clinics and support networks, collaborate with advocacy groups, and allocate funding for research; the petition does not include a government response.

451-01243

October 6, 2026

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Exclude mental illness from MAID

Tamara Jansen · 549 signatures

Petitioners, in support of MP Tamara Jansen’s private member’s Bill C-218, argue that the federal government intends to expand medical assistance in dying (MAID) to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness; they assert mental illness can be treatable, recovery is possible, and that experts say it is currently impossible to predict when a mental illness is truly irremediable, so expanding MAID would risk harming vulnerable people and suggest some lives are beyond saving. The petition calls on the Government of Canada to pass Bill C-218 to prevent MAID being available when mental illness is the sole medical condition; no government response is included in the petition.

451-01244

October 6, 2026

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Restrict MAID for mental illness

Tamara Jansen · 383 signatures

Petitioners ask the Government of Canada to pass Bill C-218 (Right to Recover Act) to ensure medical assistance in dying is not available when a person’s sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness.

451-01245

October 6, 2026

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Oppose MAID for mental illness

Tamara Jansen · 153 signatures

The petitioners say that medical assistance in dying (MAID) will be expanded to people with mental illness on March 17, 2027 unless Parliament intervenes. They call on the Government of Canada to support Bill C-218, which the petition describes as excluding mental disorders from qualifying as a grievous and irremediable medical condition, and to prioritize suicide prevention and increased mental-health supports instead of expanding MAID. The petition does not include a government response.

451-01246

October 6, 2026

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Reverse MAID eligibility for mental illness

Tamara Jansen · 132 signatures

This petition to the House of Commons asks MPs to support Bill C-218 to reverse the law that extended medical assistance in dying (MAID) eligibility to people whose sole medical condition is a mental illness. Petitioners say Canadians with mental illness should receive treatment and support, that mental illness can include suicidal thoughts, and that allowing MAID on the basis of mental illness alone would put lives at risk—especially where treatment and supports are not readily available; the petition includes no government response.

451-01247

October 6, 2026

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Exclude mental illness from MAID

Tamara Jansen · 86 signatures

Petitioners support MP Tamara Jansen’s Bill C-218 and ask the Government of Canada to pass it to prevent medical assistance in dying (MAID) from being available to people whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness. They contend that mental illness is treatable and recovery is possible, that experts say irremediability cannot currently be predicted, and that expanding MAID risks implying some lives are beyond saving amid gaps in access to mental-health care; the petition does not include a government response.

451-01248

October 6, 2026

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Exclude mental illness from MAID

Tamara Jansen · 39 signatures

Petitioners supporting MP Tamara Jansen’s Bill C-218 (the Right to Recover Act) say the Government plans to expand medical assistance in dying (MAID) to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness and argue that mental illnesses can be treatable and recovery is possible. They express concern—citing what they describe as expert opinion—that it is currently impossible to predict when a mental illness is irremediable, that lack of timely mental-health care could lead vulnerable people to seek MAID, and that expansion would risk suggesting some lives are beyond saving. The petition calls on the Government to pass Bill C-218 to prevent MAID being available to individuals whose only medical condition is a mental illness.

e-7005

October 6, 2026

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Access to gender-affirming care

Leah Gazan · 7,552 signatures

Petitioners say gender-affirming care is life‑saving and evidence‑based and that Alberta’s Bill 26 has limited reasonable access to such care. They cite the Canada Health Act, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and a Canadian Medical Association statement, and call on the Government of Canada to ensure eligible residents can access required health services, including gender-affirming care. The petition does not include a government response.

e-7214

October 6, 2026

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Suspend AAFC research closures

Leah Gazan · 3,237 signatures

Petitioners say Agriculture and Agri‑Food Canada plans to close seven federal research facilities across several provinces, end the Organic and Regenerative Research Program, and cut related staff. They assert these decisions were made without adequate analysis or consultation and that the cuts would irreparably harm public plant breeding, create irreplaceable research gaps (including long‑term and multi‑site studies), and weaken Canada’s competitiveness and food security. The petitioners call on the Government of Canada to suspend AAFC staff terminations and continue operating the affected centres and program for at least 24 months to allow a cost‑benefit review and protect long‑term research; no government response is included in the petition.

e-7636

October 6, 2026

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Clear humanitarian PR backlogs

Jenny Kwan · 20,634 signatures

The petition asks the Minister of Immigration to increase annual permanent resident (PR) admissions to about 415,000 from 2027 and to allocate sufficient quota to humanitarian pathways for Hongkongers, Sudanese and Ukrainians to clear a reported 62,000‑application backlog within three years. Petitioners say the backlog (they state 35,000 Hong Kong, 20,000 Ukraine, 7,000 Sudan) has led to projected wait times exceeding ten years, that the 2026 Immigration Levels Plan allocates only 5,800 admissions to these pathways (falling to 4,000 in 2027–28), and that granting PR to applicants already in Canada would reduce temporary resident counts and administrative renewals (about 186,000 work/study permit renewals, per the petition). They also assert Canada’s population declined by over 234,000 across three consecutive quarters starting mid‑2025 and that lower immigration has contributed to an economic slowdown, citing comments attributed to Prime Minister Carney and academic studies.

e-7794

October 5, 2026

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Eliminate the federal 'grind'

Wade Chang · 4,028 signatures

Petitioners say Canada's motion picture industry supports more than 181,000 jobs and generates over $10.2 billion in annual production activity, and that federal and provincial production tax incentives help attract international productions. They ask the Government of Canada to amend the federal Production Services Tax Credit to eliminate the 'federal grind'—the adjustment that reduces eligible labour expenditures by the value of provincial production tax assistance—so provincial incentives no longer reduce the federal credit base. The petition includes no government response.

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e-7619

October 5, 2026

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Mental Health Parity

Gord Johns · 36 signatures

Petitioners say millions of Canadians face financial barriers to counselling, psychotherapy, addictions treatment and other community-based mental health services, and that nearly one in five Canadians experiences a mental health problem each year. They assert Canadians often pay out of pocket, rely on inadequate private insurance, face long wait times, seek help only through emergency departments in crisis, or go without care, and that untreated mental illness imposes substantial human and economic costs. The petition asks the federal government to work with provinces, territories, Indigenous partners and other stakeholders to establish parity between mental and physical health, provide stable long-term federal funding to expand access nationwide, and pass Bill C-280 (the Mental Health Parity Act) to create a national framework ensuring care is based on need rather than ability to pay or location.

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e-7752

October 5, 2026

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Close Component Ingredient Loophole

Bardish Chagger · 63 signatures

Petitioners contend that current Canadian food‑labeling rules allow "component ingredients" to hide secondary ingredients (for example, annatto or artificial colours) and say tens of thousands of Canadian children suffer allergic reactions, behavioural issues, or intolerances linked to such colourings. They ask the House of Commons to direct Health Canada to require full disclosure of all sub‑ingredients and additives in component ingredients, to mandate clear front‑of‑package warnings or expanded allergen/disclosure rules for artificial colourings, and to harmonize Canadian standards with the EU. The petition attributes an EU "zero loopholes" policy to explicit additive declaration; no government response is included in the petition.

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e-7823

October 5, 2026

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Associate EU Membership Petition

Glen Motz · 2,157 signatures

Petitioners assert that the President of the European Commission has proposed opening the door for Canada to become the EU's first associate member and say no such status currently exists and its terms are undefined. They ask the Government of Canada to publish any proposed terms before agreeing, to preserve Canada's legislative, judicial, fiscal and regulatory sovereignty, and to hold a national referendum for informed consent; the petition does not include a government response.

Sign at the House of Commons

e-7745

October 5, 2026

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Free trial consent rules

Marc Dalton · 67 signatures

Petitioners ask the House to amend consumer‑protection and competition laws to require affirmative, separate consent before free trials or quizzes convert to paid recurring subscriptions, disclose prices before tests, and ban interfaces that impede cancellation.

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451-01220

October 5, 2026

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MAID and Mental Illness

Richard Bragdon · 38 signatures

Petitioners supporting MP Tamara Jansen’s private member’s Bill C-218 (the Right to Recover Act) ask Parliament to amend the Criminal Code so that a mental illness alone cannot be considered a grievous and irremediable condition for medical assistance in dying (MAID). They state the government intends to expand MAID to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness and argue that mental illness can be treatable and recovery possible, that irremediability is difficult to predict, and that limited access to mental health care and family and public concerns justify passing the bill.

451-01221

October 5, 2026

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Stop MAiD expansion for mental illness

Andrew Lawton · 30 signatures

The petitioners say eligibility for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) is scheduled to expand in 2027 to include people whose sole diagnosis is a mental illness. They assert that most licensed psychiatrists oppose the expansion, that it would lead to many preventable deaths, and that only an Act of Parliament could stop it; they ask the government to end the expansion, prioritize protecting people with mental illness rather than offering MAiD, and pass the Right to Recover Act (Bill C-218).

451-01222

October 5, 2026

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Replace Red Bridge, Kamloops

Frank Caputo · 25 signatures

Petitioners say the Red Bridge in Kamloops, built in 1936, was destroyed by arson in September 2024 and that its loss has disrupted transportation, local commerce, regional connectivity and emergency access. They ask the Government of Canada to fund and fast-track a replacement by working with the Province of British Columbia, the City of Kamloops and Tkémlúps te Secwépemc, and to immediately commit federal infrastructure funding to construct a new bridge.