E-7317 Withdraw from NATO and reduce military spending Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker

Name: Signature data for Canadian e-petition E-7317
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Track E-7317 — Withdraw from NATO and reduce military spending — with 623 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Bardish Chagger. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.

Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7317

Petition Details

Status: Closed
Closing date: May 20, 2026
Sponsor: Bardish Chagger (Waterloo)
Category: Foreign affairs

Signature Statistics

Total signatures: 623
Daily increase: +13 in the last 24 hours
Seven-day increase: +53 over the last 7 days
Growth velocity: ~8 new signatures per day (7-day average)
Tracking started: April 20, 2026 — 98 data points recorded

Milestones

Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on May 3, 2026 — total at that point: 501

Provincial Distribution

Ontario: 283 signatures
British Columbia: 144 signatures
Quebec: 77 signatures
Alberta: 37 signatures
Manitoba: 26 signatures
Nova Scotia: 15 signatures
Saskatchewan: 15 signatures
Newfoundland and Labrador: 12 signatures
New Brunswick: 6 signatures
Prince Edward Island: 2 signatures
Yukon: 2 signatures
Northwest Territories: 1 signatures

Historical Signature Growth

Date	Signatures
April 20, 2026	6
April 24, 2026	27
April 26, 2026	66
April 27, 2026	88
April 29, 2026	269
May 1, 2026	445
May 2, 2026	479
May 3, 2026	511
May 6, 2026	542
May 9, 2026	558
May 14, 2026	574
May 18, 2026	598
May 20, 2026	622
May 20, 2026	623

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.