E-7237 Political party data privacy regulations Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7237 — Political party data privacy regulations — with 9,128 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Elizabeth May. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7237
Petition Details
- Status: Closed
- Closing date: July 4, 2026
- Sponsor: Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands)
- Category: Information and privacy
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 9,128
- Daily increase: +49 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +872 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~125 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: March 25, 2026 — 503 data points recorded
Milestones
- 5,000 signatures reached on May 20, 2026 — total at that point: 5,063
- 1,000 signatures reached on May 1, 2026 — total at that point: 1,179
- Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on April 2, 2026 — total at that point: 1,179
Provincial Distribution
- Ontario: 3,699 signatures
- British Columbia: 2,260 signatures
- Alberta: 1,303 signatures
- Quebec: 848 signatures
- Manitoba: 274 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 248 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 221 signatures
- New Brunswick: 125 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 69 signatures
- Prince Edward Island: 24 signatures
- Yukon: 14 signatures
- Northwest Territories: 3 signatures
- Nunavut: 1 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| March 25, 2026 | 197 |
| April 3, 2026 | 618 |
| April 6, 2026 | 703 |
| April 12, 2026 | 765 |
| April 25, 2026 | 830 |
| May 6, 2026 | 1,260 |
| May 15, 2026 | 4,341 |
| May 24, 2026 | 5,531 |
| June 2, 2026 | 6,140 |
| June 9, 2026 | 6,639 |
| June 18, 2026 | 7,198 |
| June 27, 2026 | 8,195 |
| July 2, 2026 | 9,017 |
| July 4, 2026 | 9,128 |
Petition Text
Petition to the House of Commons
Whereas:
• Testimony from privacy regulators and experts before the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs identified significant regulatory gaps in the oversight of political party data practices in the Canada Elections Act as amended under Bill C-4, Part 4 as referenced in the committee’s report;
• Regulators warned that political parties remain shielded from the level of independent enforcement, transparency, auditing and access rights required of other organizations across Canadian society;
• Legislation governing personal information by political parties operating year round must equally protect the democratic rights of Canadians year round and not just during the election period and should avoid entrenching regulatory advantages for political parties themselves;
• The recent proposed amendments allow political parties to operate under weaker privacy accountability standards than those imposed on citizens, businesses, and civil society organizations; and
• Democratic confidence is damaged when those who write the rules for elections exempt themselves from the standards expected of everyone else.
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to oppose or repeal any changes to the Canada Elections Act, during the 45th Parliament, that have the effect of exempting political parties from privacy obligations that they are or were subject to; and impose enforceable privacy obligations equivalent to widely accepted Canadian fair information principles, including meaningful rights of access and independent oversight, prior to the next federal general election.
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