E-7317: Petition to the Government of Canada — Canadian Petition Tracker
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Track petition E-7317 — "Petition to the Government of Canada" sponsored by Bardish Chagger. 623 signatures and counting. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Petition Text
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
• Canada was a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949 and has participated in every NATO intervention;
• NATO has failed to uphold Article 1 of its charter “to settle any international dispute in which they may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security are not endangered”;
• NATO launched illegal interventions against Yugoslavia in 1999, Afghanistan in 2001, and Libya in 2011 that have caused mass civilian death and destruction of infrastructure with no accountability;
• According to the NATO Defence Expenditures report, Canada’s military spending has increased from $20 billion in 2014 to $44 billion in 2024, which has diverted funding away from social programs and climate action;
• Throughout the year, NATO engages in exercises and operations, which involve thousands of soldiers and vehicles that adversely impact the climate and environment;
• Canada has refused to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons because of NATO;
• Canada is leading NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence, a battlegroup, in Latvia and escalating conflict with Russia;
• Canada plans to meet NATO’s 5% GDP target that will lead to an increase of military spending to over $150 billion per year causing more poverty; and
• NATO is a U.S.-dominated military alliance that impedes Canada’s sovereignty over our defence policy and civilian control of our military.
We, the undersigned, residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
1. Withdraw from NATO;
2. Remove Canadian troops from Latvia;
3. Reduce military spending; and
4. Conduct public consultations on a new foreign policy based on peace and international cooperation.