E-7298 Refundable tax credit for nurses Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7298 — Refundable tax credit for nurses — with 22,364 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Gord Johns. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7298
Petition Details
- Status: Closed
- Closing date: July 22, 2026
- Sponsor: Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni)
- Category: Taxation
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 22,364
- Daily increase: +134 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +694 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~99 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: March 25, 2026 — 1,052 data points recorded
Milestones
- 10,000 signatures reached on April 11, 2026 — total at that point: 15,493
- 5,000 signatures reached on March 31, 2026 — total at that point: 15,493
- 1,000 signatures reached on March 26, 2026 — total at that point: 15,493
- Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on March 26, 2026 — total at that point: 15,493
Provincial Distribution
- British Columbia: 7,531 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 3,339 signatures
- Ontario: 3,191 signatures
- New Brunswick: 2,954 signatures
- Alberta: 1,762 signatures
- Manitoba: 1,726 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 958 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 332 signatures
- Prince Edward Island: 270 signatures
- Quebec: 179 signatures
- Northwest Territories: 22 signatures
- Nunavut: 5 signatures
- Yukon: 4 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| March 25, 2026 | 16 |
| March 29, 2026 | 2,760 |
| April 2, 2026 | 5,311 |
| April 5, 2026 | 7,323 |
| April 8, 2026 | 8,089 |
| April 11, 2026 | 9,821 |
| April 14, 2026 | 11,626 |
| April 22, 2026 | 12,866 |
| May 9, 2026 | 16,230 |
| May 24, 2026 | 19,928 |
| June 15, 2026 | 20,497 |
| June 30, 2026 | 21,376 |
| July 21, 2026 | 22,230 |
| July 22, 2026 | 22,364 |
Petition Text
Petition to the House of Commons
Whereas:
• Registered nurses, licensed practical nurses (registered practical nurses in Ontario), registered psychiatric nurses, and nurse practitioners are essential to the functioning of Canada’s publicly funded health care system and provide direct, frontline care in every domain of health care in every region of the country;
• Canada is facing a persistent nursing shortage, driven in part by recruitment and retention challenges, heavy workloads, and rising cost-of-living pressures;
• In the 2025 federal budget, the Government of Canada introduced a refundable tax credit for personal support workers, recognizing the importance of supporting frontline health care workers through targeted federal tax measures;
• The federal government has clear authority under the Income Tax Act to use tax policy to support and retain essential workers in areas of national concern, including health care; and
• Providing a comparable federal tax credit for nurses would recognize their contribution and support retention and recruitment, thereby strengthening access to public health care services across Canada.
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to amend the Income Tax Act to create a refundable federal tax credit for nurses, including registered nurses, licensed practical nurses (registered practical nurses in Ontario), registered psychiatric nurses, and nurse practitioners, modelled on the personal support worker tax credit introduced in the 2025 budget.
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