E-7352 Mactaquac Biodiversity Facility closure opposition Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7352 — Mactaquac Biodiversity Facility closure opposition — with 1,084 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Richard Bragdon. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7352
Petition Details
- Status: Closed
- Closing date: May 15, 2026
- Sponsor: Richard Bragdon (Tobique—Mactaquac)
- Category: Fisheries
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 1,084
- Daily increase: +144 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +338 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~48 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: April 15, 2026 — 109 data points recorded
Milestones
- 1,000 signatures reached on May 15, 2026 — total at that point: 1,057
- Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on April 21, 2026 — total at that point: 691
Provincial Distribution
- New Brunswick: 869 signatures
- Ontario: 74 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 41 signatures
- Quebec: 36 signatures
- British Columbia: 22 signatures
- Alberta: 18 signatures
- Prince Edward Island: 5 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 3 signatures
- Manitoba: 2 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 2 signatures
- Northwest Territories: 1 signatures
- Nunavut: 1 signatures
- Yukon: 1 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| April 15, 2026 | 14 |
| April 16, 2026 | 195 |
| April 17, 2026 | 346 |
| April 19, 2026 | 464 |
| April 21, 2026 | 562 |
| April 24, 2026 | 612 |
| April 26, 2026 | 657 |
| April 28, 2026 | 672 |
| May 1, 2026 | 687 |
| May 5, 2026 | 699 |
| May 7, 2026 | 739 |
| May 11, 2026 | 764 |
| May 15, 2026 | 1,084 |
Petition Text
Petition to the House of Commons
Whereas:
• The Mactaquac Biodiversity Facility (MBF), located on the banks of the Wolastoq (Saint John River) in New Brunswick, has protected Polamuwok (Atlantic Salmon) for more than 50 years. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) announced it will close the MBF without meaningful consultation with the Wolastoqey Nation;
• Atlantic salmon populations above the Mactaquac Dam have declined from an estimated 100,000 returning fish annually before industrialization to just a few hundred per year. The MBF is the primary reason those genetics still exist;
• The 1968 agreement establishing the MBF committed DFO to the operation of the MBF for “the life of the Mactaquac Project” and that project is being extended to 2068; and
• Polamuwok is a sacred species for the Wolastoqey people. They are an important part of Wolastoqey identity, stories, way of life, and Aboriginal and Treaty Rights.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Minister of Fisheries to:
1. Keep the MBF programs operational at minimum until viable alternatives are established, and improved fish passage is implemented through the Mactaquac Life Achievement Project;
2. Immediately engage in meaningful consultation with the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick regarding the future of the MBF, the programs it supports, and decisions affecting salmon in the Wolastoq;
3. Reaffirm Canada's commitment to Atlantic salmon conservation in the Wolastoq watershed, equivalent to investments made in other river systems such as Pacific Salmon and Atlantic Salmon in other areas of the region; and
4. Ensure that all salmon currently at the facility are released at biologically appropriate times and locations.