Read what Canadians are asking Parliament to do, and follow the government’s response.
Parliament 45 · 1,552 petitions
e-6913
March 23, 2026
Jessica Fancy · 511 signatures
Petitioners ask Canada to ensure Barrington has mobile service by working with providers and prioritizing funding to close rural gaps. The government responds it is funding projects, improving coverage data and enabling satellite connectivity.
e-6922
March 23, 2026
Alexis Deschênes · 3,437 signatures
Petitioners ask VIA Rail to restore passenger service Matapédia–Port‑Daniel–Gascons and to reinstate service to Gaspé. The government responds that VIA Rail will resume service only once track work, inspections, a Quebec agreement, and staffing are complete.
e-7049
March 23, 2026
Marc Dalton · 11,521 signatures
Petitioners ask the House to stop Bill C-9 and instead enforce existing Criminal Code protections for all Canadians, with emphasis on protecting Jewish people. The government responds that C-9 strengthens tools to counter hate and hate-motivated crime while keeping a high legal threshold and protecting good‑faith religious expression.
e-7052
March 23, 2026
Salma Zahid · 82 signatures
Petitioners ask the Government of Canada to recognize Somaliland as an independent sovereign state and to review or amend Canada's 1961 designation under GATT accordingly.
e-6920
March 20, 2026
Rob Morrison · 82 signatures
Petitioners ask the federal government to register and integrate ÆTHER SHIELD into emergency planning, fast‑track domestic drone production with colleges, launch a joint review, and report in 90 days on 2026 deployment and costs.
e-6933
March 20, 2026
Tamara Kronis · 943 signatures
Petitioners ask the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to convene stakeholders, complete consultations, and implement science-driven measures to recover Southern Resident Killer Whales while sustaining the recreational Chinook fishery.
e-6969
March 20, 2026
Luc Thériault · 2,294 signatures
Petitioners ask the Government of Canada to have National Defence impose a moratorium on sending PFAS‑contaminated soil to Mascouche, thermally decontaminate existing and future PFAS soils before disposal, and assume financial responsibility including filter replacement.
451-00410
March 13, 2026
Arnold Viersen · 30 signatures
Petitioners ask the government to amend Bill C-9 to protect religious freedom by exempting reading, teaching and sharing sacred texts from criminal liability and preventing state interference in faith matters. The government responds that existing law and the bill's good‑faith clause protect these practices and that hate laws target only deliberate promotion of extreme hatred.
451-00411
March 13, 2026
Brad Vis · 28 signatures
Petitioners ask the Government to withdraw Bill C-9 and protect religious freedom by preserving the right to read and share sacred texts and preventing government intrusion into faith. The government responds that existing high thresholds for hate-propaganda offences remain, that good-faith religious expression will stay protected, and that an interpretive clause will codify those protections.
451-00412
March 13, 2026
Brad Vis · 27 signatures
Petitioners ask the Government to support Bill C-218 to bar MAID for persons with only a mental illness. The government responds that the temporary exclusion remains while reviews and preparations are ongoing before March 2027.
451-00414
March 13, 2026
Brad Vis · 26 signatures
Petitioners ask the Government to strengthen public reporting on intergovernmental coordination to prevent rising violent and organized crime. The government responds that it is coordinating task forces and improving crime data.
451-00416
March 13, 2026
Tamara Kronis · 30 signatures
Petitioners ask the Liberal government to ensure Bill C-9 cannot criminalize reading or sharing sacred texts and to protect good-faith religious expression. The government responds that Bill C-9 and committee amendments protect good-faith religious expression.
451-00417
March 13, 2026
Helena Konanz · 30 signatures
Petitioners ask the Liberal Government to protect religious freedom by clarifying Bill C-9 cannot criminalize reading, sharing, preaching or teaching sacred texts and by excluding good‑faith religious expression. The government responds that existing law and a proposed good‑faith religious‑opinion clause already protect reading and teaching of sacred texts and limit prosecutions to deliberate, extreme hate.
451-00419
March 13, 2026
Elizabeth May · 146 signatures
Petitioners ask the Government of Canada to fund long‑term non‑profit/co‑op housing; limit REITs and big investors and end REIT tax breaks; create national rent controls; and ban blind bids while guaranteeing inspections. The government responds it will boost supply via national housing programs, work with provinces on renter protections, and not change REIT tax rules.
451-00420
March 13, 2026
Connie Cody · 30 signatures
Petitioners ask the government to withdraw Bill C‑9 and bar state intrusion into reading, sharing and teaching sacred texts. The government responds it will keep a high hate threshold and codify good-faith religious protections.
451-00421
March 13, 2026
Fred Davies · 29 signatures
Petitioners ask the Government of Canada to withdraw Bill C‑9 and protect the right to read and share sacred texts without state intrusion. The government responds it will protect religious freedom and preserve good‑faith expression.
451-00422
March 13, 2026
Jacob Mantle · 30 signatures
Petitioners ask the Liberal government to protect religious freedom in Bill C‑9 by ensuring the reading and sharing of sacred texts (Bible, Quran, Torah, etc.) cannot be criminalized. The government responds that C‑9 and the committee’s good‑faith clause codify existing protections and require proof of intent to promote hatred.
451-00423
March 13, 2026
Tamara Jansen · 72 signatures
Petitioners ask the government to maintain the MAID exclusion for persons whose sole underlying condition is mental illness and not lift it in March 2027. The government responds that the exclusion remains pending review.
451-00424
March 13, 2026
Tamara Jansen · 31 signatures
Petitioners ask Bill C-9 be amended to protect reading, sharing and teaching of sacred texts. The government responds that Charter protections and a good-faith clause in C-9 already exempt good-faith religious teaching from hate-speech prosecution.
451-00425
March 13, 2026
Marilyn Gladu · 30 signatures
Petitioners ask the government to withdraw Bill C-9 and preserve the right to read and share sacred texts to protect religious freedom. The government responds that good-faith religious expression remains protected.