E-7108 Humane treatment in ritual slaughter Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker

Name: Signature data for Canadian e-petition E-7108
Creator: PetitionTracker.ca

Track E-7108 — Humane treatment in ritual slaughter — with 15,193 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Martin Champoux. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.

Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7108

Petition Details

Status: Closed
Closing date: May 21, 2026
Sponsor: Martin Champoux (Drummond)
Category: Food and drink

Signature Statistics

Total signatures: 15,193
Daily increase: +63 in the last 24 hours
Seven-day increase: +179 over the last 7 days
Growth velocity: ~26 new signatures per day (7-day average)
Tracking started: March 25, 2026 — 369 data points recorded

Milestones

Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on March 25, 2026 — total at that point: 14,645
1,000 signatures reached on March 25, 2026 — total at that point: 14,645
5,000 signatures reached on March 25, 2026 — total at that point: 14,645
10,000 signatures reached on March 25, 2026 — total at that point: 14,645

Provincial Distribution

Quebec: 14,075 signatures
Ontario: 495 signatures
Alberta: 204 signatures
British Columbia: 94 signatures
New Brunswick: 76 signatures
Saskatchewan: 46 signatures
Manitoba: 35 signatures
Nova Scotia: 18 signatures
Newfoundland and Labrador: 8 signatures
Prince Edward Island: 3 signatures
Yukon: 1 signatures

Historical Signature Growth

Date	Signatures
March 25, 2026	13,827
March 26, 2026	13,952
March 26, 2026	14,074
March 28, 2026	14,116
March 30, 2026	14,150
April 1, 2026	14,192
April 6, 2026	14,226
April 9, 2026	14,284
April 13, 2026	14,336
April 16, 2026	14,385
April 28, 2026	14,509
May 7, 2026	14,789
May 16, 2026	15,031
May 22, 2026	15,193

Petition Text

Petition to the Government of Canada

Whereas:

• The Safe Food for Canadians Regulations state that an animal must be stunned unconscious before being bled (section 141);

• This requirement does not apply if the animal is being ritually slaughtered in compliance with Judaic or Islamic law (section 144);

• This religious accommodation, which consists of cutting the jugular veins and carotid arteries and letting the blood flow out while the animal is still conscious, causes the animal additional, pointless suffering;

• This practice runs counter to the requirement for the humane treatment of animals;

• The $40M earmarked in the 2025-26 federal budget to support kosher and halal practices places economic pressure on slaughterhouses by encouraging them to submit to kosher and halal ritual slaughtering norms;

• Canadians’ taxes should not be going toward religious norms and rituals;

• Favouring companies based on religion constitutes religious discrimination, violating the principle of the separation of religion and state and the principle of state secularism; and

• The meat labelling regulations deny consumers an opportunity to make informed choices.

We, the undersigned, Canadians and Quebeckers, call upon the Government of Canada to:

1. Stop financially incentivizing halal and kosher practices;

2. Maintain the requirement to stun animals before bleeding them, with no exceptions; and

3. Until this is done, require meat from animals that were slaughtered without being stunned or according to religious norms to be labelled with the method of slaughter.