E-7134 Opposition to new oil tanker route Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7134 — Opposition to new oil tanker route — with 726 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Gord Johns. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7134
Petition Details
- Status: Closed
- Closing date: June 3, 2026
- Sponsor: Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni)
- Category: Natural resources and energy
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 726
- Daily increase: +13 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +38 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~5 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: March 25, 2026 — 120 data points recorded
Milestones
- Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on May 9, 2026 — total at that point: 519
Provincial Distribution
- British Columbia: 455 signatures
- Ontario: 129 signatures
- Alberta: 82 signatures
- Quebec: 26 signatures
- Manitoba: 9 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 7 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 6 signatures
- New Brunswick: 5 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 2 signatures
- Northwest Territories: 1 signatures
- Prince Edward Island: 1 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| March 25, 2026 | 377 |
| March 30, 2026 | 390 |
| April 20, 2026 | 405 |
| April 23, 2026 | 428 |
| May 1, 2026 | 441 |
| May 7, 2026 | 481 |
| May 14, 2026 | 550 |
| May 17, 2026 | 574 |
| May 20, 2026 | 617 |
| May 23, 2026 | 639 |
| May 26, 2026 | 669 |
| May 29, 2026 | 706 |
| June 3, 2026 | 726 |
Petition Text
Petition to the House of Commons
Whereas:
• The recent memorandum of understanding between the governments of Canada and Alberta signals support for a new pipeline and crude oil tanker route to British Columbia’s northern coast, even though Coastal communities and member nations of Coastal First Nations - Great Bear Initiative (CFN-GBI), the Haisla Nation, and the Lax Kw'alaams Band, as the individual Rights and Title holders of their respective territories, have been clear for more than fifty years that they don't support any project that would bring crude oil tankers into their territories, and British Columbia also rejects this proposal;
• Coastal First Nations have built a successful conservation-based economy that is protecting the environment, creating jobs, supporting new businesses, and generating billions of dollars for the Canadian economy; and
• The federal government seeks to weaken the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act, despite a voluntary tanker ban for over 30 years before legislation: Governments and industry in Canada and the U.S. recognized this region as too hazardous and environmentally sensitive for crude oil tankers, and there is no technology that can clean up an oil spill and one spill has the potential to destroy our coastal economy for many generations.
We, the undersigned, concerned residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
1. Cancel the memorandum;
2. Uphold the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act;
3. Work with coastal communities and coastal First Nations to continue growing a sustainable, diverse economy across the north coast; and
4. Ensure future coastal project negotiations include full participation from British Columbia and coastal First Nations.
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