E-7269 Protection of workers' rights and freedoms Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7269 — Protection of workers' rights and freedoms — with 5,153 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Leah Gazan. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7269
Petition Details
- Status: Closed
- Closing date: July 24, 2026
- Sponsor: Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre)
- Category: Employment and labour
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 5,153
- Daily increase: +19 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +325 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~46 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: March 26, 2026 — 471 data points recorded
Milestones
- 5,000 signatures reached on July 21, 2026 — total at that point: 5,049
- 1,000 signatures reached on May 2, 2026 — total at that point: 1,022
- Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on May 1, 2026 — total at that point: 1,022
Provincial Distribution
- Alberta: 3,335 signatures
- Ontario: 997 signatures
- British Columbia: 206 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 188 signatures
- Quebec: 122 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 75 signatures
- Northwest Territories: 68 signatures
- Manitoba: 44 signatures
- New Brunswick: 43 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 39 signatures
- Prince Edward Island: 9 signatures
- Yukon: 5 signatures
- Nunavut: 2 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| March 26, 2026 | 6 |
| April 3, 2026 | 113 |
| April 8, 2026 | 180 |
| April 22, 2026 | 302 |
| May 3, 2026 | 1,022 |
| May 14, 2026 | 1,558 |
| May 29, 2026 | 2,293 |
| June 9, 2026 | 3,386 |
| June 20, 2026 | 3,534 |
| June 30, 2026 | 3,634 |
| July 9, 2026 | 3,962 |
| July 16, 2026 | 4,620 |
| July 24, 2026 | 5,150 |
| July 24, 2026 | 5,153 |
Petition Text
Petition to the Prime Minister
Whereas:
• In October 2025, the Government of Alberta passed Bill 2, the Back-to-School Act and invoked Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Notwithstanding Clause) ordering over 51,000 teachers back to work, imposing a rejected collective agreement, and shielding that legislation from judicial review, overriding constitutionally protected freedoms of association, peaceful assembly, and expression;
• In November 2022, the Government of Ontario passed Bill 28, the Keeping Students in Class Act and invoked the Notwithstanding Clause to shield legislation that imposed a collective agreement on approximately 55,000 education workers and prohibited striking, overriding Charter-protected freedoms;
• Recent legislation enacted by the Governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan restrict the rights, dignity, and safety of transgender and gender-diverse people, particularly children and youth, including access to gender-affirming and medically appropriate care; and
• There is a noticeable pattern of provincial governments invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to shield legislation from judicial review, thereby preventing Charter challenges from being heard.
We, the undersigned, residents of Canada concerned about the erasure of collective bargaining and human rights in Canada, call upon the Prime Minister to annul or repeal any future provincial legislation that restricts workers’ rights to strike and collectively bargain through the use of the Notwithstanding Clause, and to affirm the federal government’s responsibility to uphold Charter rights across Canada.
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