E-7200: Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track petition E-7200 — "Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled" sponsored by Lori Idlout. 14,298 signatures and counting. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7200
Petition Details
- Status: Closed
- Closing date: April 2, 2026
- Sponsor: Lori Idlout (Nunavut)
- Category: Indigenous affairs
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 14,298
- Daily increase: +671 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +3,285 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~469 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: March 25, 2026 — 211 data points recorded
Provincial Distribution
- Quebec: 4,005 signatures
- Manitoba: 3,873 signatures
- Ontario: 3,095 signatures
- British Columbia: 1,242 signatures
- New Brunswick: 639 signatures
- Alberta: 635 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 427 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 141 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 42 signatures
- Prince Edward Island: 29 signatures
- Northwest Territories: 25 signatures
- Yukon: 20 signatures
- Nunavut: 5 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| March 25, 2026 | 10,855 |
| March 25, 2026 | 10,908 |
| March 26, 2026 | 11,044 |
| March 27, 2026 | 11,120 |
| March 28, 2026 | 11,236 |
| March 28, 2026 | 11,293 |
| March 29, 2026 | 11,352 |
| March 30, 2026 | 11,483 |
| March 30, 2026 | 11,813 |
| March 31, 2026 | 12,512 |
| March 31, 2026 | 13,351 |
| April 1, 2026 | 13,726 |
| April 2, 2026 | 14,270 |
| April 2, 2026 | 14,298 |
Petition Text
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
Whereas:
• The second generation cut-off and the 1985 cut-off are rules in the Indian Act that perpetuate sex and race-based discrimination. These rules determine eligibility for status and will result in the legal extinction of Status Indians according to Statistics Canada, they also cause harms and divisions amongst families and communities. 40 years of consultations have taken place since the introduction of the second-generation cut-off in 1985, resulting in repeated calls from First Nations for its removal;
• In November 2025, the Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples introduced amendments to Bill S-2, an Act to amend the Indian Act (new registration entitlements) that effectively remove the second generation cut-off and the 1985 cut-off and return to a one parent rule for transmission of status. These amendments were overwhelmingly supported by the majority of witnesses who testified or submitted briefs to the Senate Committee, including First Nations leadership and organizations, women’s organizations, and affected individuals, many of whom were also participants in the government's Collaborative Process on the second-generation cut-off. These amendments were supported and passed unanimously in the Senate of Canada on December 4, 2025; and
• Parliament has a responsibility to uphold the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by eliminating the sex and race discrimination and the legal extinction scheme in the Indian Act.
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to Adopt Bill S-2 as amended by the Senate without further delay.
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