Petitions

List of Petitions

• Cell Phone Freedom – to unlock Canadian cell phones, improving consumer choice & competition in the wireless market.
• Protect our CBC - to ensure Canada’s national broadcaster remains independent and free from political interference.
• Digital Lock Freedom – to respect fair dealing rights of Canadians who want access to technology and digital content they legally obtain, by stopping the government's criminal penalties for circumventing digital locks for non-infrigning purposes.
• Fiscal Accountabiliy to Taxpayers – to ensure the government supplies the Parliamentary Budget Officer and Audito General with the information they need to provide proper financial oversight, and allow Parliament to hold the government to account.
• Stand up for Northern Ontario – a petition to stop Northern Ontario from losing representation in Parliament.
• Save Canadian Honeybees – to prohibit the importation of outside honeybees into a new honeybee refuge zone in Northwestern Ontario, in order to save one of the last disease-free populations in the world.
• Equal Access for MS Treatment – to immediately work with the provinces and territories to determine the effectiveness  and potential adoption of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) treatment in Multiple Sclerosis patients.
• Food Before Profit – to reduce hunger and poverty by supporting small-scale sustainable farming and food sovereignty in the developing world
• Equal Pay for Equal Work – to ensure fair wages for working women
• Fair Representation – to ensure Canadians have a say in changing Canada's dysfunctional electoral system
• An Effective and Independent Parliamentary Budget Officer – to ensure a truly independent and effective PBO
• Save Katimavik – to save Canada's leading youth volunteer program from closure.
• National Transit Strategy – to ensure every has access to adequate public transit.
• Closed Captions for an Accessible Democracy – to provide closed captioning of televised House of Commons proceedings for deaf & hard of hearing viewers  
• Restoring Funding to KAIROS – to reverse devastating funding cuts to Canada’s most respected faith-based development and human rights organization
• Revive Superior Rail – the campaign to return passenger rail service to Thunder Bay
• Universal PharmaCare – Affordable Drug Coverage for Canadians
• Gas Price Justice Petition – time to stop gas gouging in the Northwest
• Childcare and Early Learning Petition – to institute a real national childcare program
• Clean Air, Clean Energy Petition – to ensure action on greenhouse gas pollution and energy efficiency
• Co-op and Affordable Housing Petition – to address the crisis in affordable housing and housing co-ops in Canada
• EI Fairness for New Mothers Petition – to fix problems in Employment Insurance whereby new mothers are unfairly disadvantaged
• Equality for Canadian Children Born Abroad Petition – to restore citizenship equality for Canadian children born abroad
• Defending Canadians Abroad Petition – to ensure the Government lives up to its responsibilities to Canadians abroad and to protect the value of a Canadian passport
• Fix Employment Insurance Petition – to fix problems in Employment Insurance program
• Income Security for Seniors Petition – to support a secure, dignified retirement for all Canadian seniors
• National Housing Strategy Petition – to ensure secure, adequate, accessible, and affordable housing
• Tradesperson Support Petition – to allow tradespersons and apprentices deduct work-related travel expenses
• Student Loan Fairness Petition – to make Canada's student loans system more responsive to student needs
• Animal Cruelty - to recognize animals as beings that can feel pain and remove animal cruelty crimes from the property section of the Criminal Code
• End Horse Slaughter – to end the importation and slaughter of horses for human consumption

Past petitions:

• KyotoPlus Petition – in support of Bruce’s Climate Change Accountability Act, Bill C-311 (Thank you, Canada! 100,000+ signatures presented to Stephen Harper on October 23, 2009)
• Prince Arthur Post Office Petition – a petition to re-open a post office in the North core (tabled by Bruce Hyer in Parliament, 2009)
• Grants Not Loans – a petition for First Nations student support (tabled by Bruce Hyer in Parliament, 2009)
• Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare – a petition to the Government to support a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare
• Save Our Northwest CBC – stop the cuts to local CBC and ensure stable funding (tabled by Bruce Hyer in Parliament, 2009)

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