E-7135 Disability Tax Credit reform for MS Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7135 — Disability Tax Credit reform for MS — with 6,556 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Leah Gazan. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7135
Petition Details
- Status: Closed
- Closing date: June 4, 2026
- Sponsor: Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre)
- Category: Social affairs and equality
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 6,556
- Daily increase: +107 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +1,315 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~188 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: March 25, 2026 — 172 data points recorded
Milestones
- 5,000 signatures reached on May 26, 2026 — total at that point: 5,019
- 1,000 signatures reached on April 28, 2026 — total at that point: 1,814
- Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on March 25, 2026 — total at that point: 1,814
Provincial Distribution
- Ontario: 1,890 signatures
- Quebec: 1,866 signatures
- Alberta: 980 signatures
- British Columbia: 828 signatures
- Manitoba: 273 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 250 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 184 signatures
- New Brunswick: 125 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 62 signatures
- Prince Edward Island: 31 signatures
- Northwest Territories: 8 signatures
- Yukon: 8 signatures
- Nunavut: 2 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| March 25, 2026 | 512 |
| April 8, 2026 | 526 |
| April 17, 2026 | 541 |
| April 30, 2026 | 1,700 |
| May 2, 2026 | 1,812 |
| May 6, 2026 | 1,875 |
| May 8, 2026 | 1,905 |
| May 16, 2026 | 2,629 |
| May 23, 2026 | 4,132 |
| May 26, 2026 | 4,989 |
| May 28, 2026 | 5,255 |
| June 1, 2026 | 5,322 |
| June 4, 2026 | 6,516 |
| June 4, 2026 | 6,556 |
Petition Text
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
• Canada has one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis (MS) in the world, with more than 90,000 Canadians living with this unpredictable, episodic yet progressive disease;
• Canadians with disabilities, including those with MS, face disproportionate financial challenges due to reduced employment opportunities and the high costs of medications, rehabilitation, mobility aids, and other essential supports;
• The Disability Tax Credit (DTC) is a cornerstone of federal disability support, and is the gateway to the Registered Disability Savings Plan and the new Canada Disability Benefit;
• The Canada Revenue Agency applies an administrative interpretation to the DTC criteria, requiring individuals to experience impairment “all or substantially all of the time” – a definition not consistent with other legislation, including the Accessible Canada Act;
• The interpretation does not recognize the fluctuating nature of episodic disabilities like MS, where a multitude of severe and prolonged symptoms significantly impact daily life; and
• As a result, many Canadians living with MS are denied the DTC and therefore excluded from the RDSP and the CDB, despite the Accessible Canada Act and the Canada Disability Benefit Act both explicitly recognizing episodic disabilities.
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to modernize the Disability Tax Credit by revising its eligibility criteria and administrative interpretation to recognize the fluctuating, episodic nature of disabilities like multiple sclerosis, and to align the DTC with the disability definition used in the Accessible Canada Act and the Canada Disability Benefit Act.
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