E-7286 Tax deduction for divorce legal fees Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker

Name: Signature data for Canadian e-petition E-7286
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Track E-7286 — Tax deduction for divorce legal fees — with 121 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Rob Morrison. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.

Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7286

Petition Details

Status: Closed
Closing date: July 16, 2026
Sponsor: Rob Morrison (Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies)
Category: Taxation

Signature Statistics

Total signatures: 121
Daily increase: +1 in the last 24 hours
Seven-day increase: +5 over the last 7 days
Growth velocity: ~1 new signatures per day (7-day average)
Tracking started: March 25, 2026 — 62 data points recorded

Provincial Distribution

British Columbia: 55 signatures
Ontario: 32 signatures
Alberta: 15 signatures
Manitoba: 8 signatures
New Brunswick: 4 signatures
Quebec: 3 signatures
Nova Scotia: 2 signatures
Saskatchewan: 2 signatures

Historical Signature Growth

Date	Signatures
March 25, 2026	50
March 30, 2026	56
April 2, 2026	63
April 7, 2026	68
April 11, 2026	74
April 16, 2026	80
April 30, 2026	86
May 9, 2026	92
May 22, 2026	97
June 6, 2026	105
June 14, 2026	110
July 1, 2026	115
July 13, 2026	120
July 16, 2026	121

Petition Text

Petition to the Government of Canada

Whereas:

• Marriage in Canada is a civil contract governed by federal and provincial law. The state neither requires nor recognizes any religious dimension;

• As a purely civil contract, marriage is legally and functionally identical to a business partnership;

• Its dissolution mirrors a partnership wind-up, involving asset division, liability settlement, and ongoing financial obligations;

• Participation in family court proceedings is involuntary. Canadians cannot opt out without severe legal and financial consequence;

• Legal fees incurred dissolving a business partnership are tax deductible as legitimate transaction costs;

• Legal fees incurred dissolving a marriage, an identical legal and financial process, receive no equivalent tax treatment;

• Divorce is one of the leading causes of financial devastation for Canadians of all incomes, and legal costs are directly proportional to the assets being divided;

• This inconsistency creates an inequitable and unprincipled distinction in the Income Tax Act with no justifiable basis;

We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada,, call upon the Government of Canada to Amend the Income Tax Act to allow both parties in a divorce or legal separation to deduct legitimate legal fees from taxable income, recognizing these as involuntary transaction costs arising from the dissolution of a civil contract.