E-7195 Refugee claims for LGBTQ+ Americans Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7195 — Refugee claims for LGBTQ+ Americans — with 4,028 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Ernie Klassen. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7195
Petition Details
- Status: Closed
- Closing date: June 25, 2026
- Sponsor: Ernie Klassen (South Surrey—White Rock)
- Category: Citizenship and immigration
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 4,028
- Daily increase: +13 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +144 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~21 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: March 25, 2026 — 372 data points recorded
Milestones
- Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on March 25, 2026 — total at that point: 3,181
- 1,000 signatures reached on March 25, 2026 — total at that point: 3,181
Provincial Distribution
- Ontario: 1,441 signatures
- British Columbia: 1,164 signatures
- Alberta: 523 signatures
- Quebec: 273 signatures
- Manitoba: 156 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 145 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 103 signatures
- New Brunswick: 94 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 47 signatures
- Yukon: 19 signatures
- Prince Edward Island: 13 signatures
- Northwest Territories: 4 signatures
- Nunavut: 1 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| March 25, 2026 | 2,272 |
| March 31, 2026 | 2,312 |
| April 7, 2026 | 2,357 |
| April 20, 2026 | 2,651 |
| April 25, 2026 | 3,081 |
| May 1, 2026 | 3,163 |
| May 10, 2026 | 3,262 |
| May 21, 2026 | 3,472 |
| May 28, 2026 | 3,573 |
| June 5, 2026 | 3,627 |
| June 12, 2026 | 3,719 |
| June 19, 2026 | 3,938 |
| June 25, 2026 | 4,028 |
Petition Text
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
Whereas:
• The Trump Administration in the United States is openly trying to erase and outlaw LBGTQ+ individuals, and this rhetoric is causing violence to happen to them;
• Canada and multiple other countries have issued travel advisories for the United States regarding safety due to their government actions;
• Canada's core values as a bastion of fairness, compassion and safety are at risk if we continue to ignore the plight of LBGTQ+ peoples of the United States; and
• Anti Transgender legislation has been passed in New Hampshire and Wisconsin , with another 689 bills under consideration across the United States.
We, the undersigned, Citizens of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to alter the rules surrounding Canada's definition of the United States as a "safe third country" to make an allowance for LBGTQ+ American residents to file refugee claims to Canada for protection from imminent persecution and potential violence simply for being themselves.
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