E-7386 Strengthening pediatric emergency care standards Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7386 — Strengthening pediatric emergency care standards — with 2,113 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Karina Gould. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7386
Petition Details
- Status: Closed
- Closing date: August 29, 2026
- Sponsor: Karina Gould (Burlington)
- Category: Health
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 2,113
- Daily increase: +10 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +112 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~16 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: May 1, 2026 — 380 data points recorded
Milestones
- 1,000 signatures reached on June 14, 2026 — total at that point: 1,000
- Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on May 6, 2026 — total at that point: 506
Provincial Distribution
- Ontario: 1,512 signatures
- Alberta: 304 signatures
- British Columbia: 132 signatures
- Quebec: 40 signatures
- Manitoba: 30 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 20 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 18 signatures
- New Brunswick: 13 signatures
- Northwest Territories: 11 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 9 signatures
- Prince Edward Island: 5 signatures
- Yukon: 1 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| May 1, 2026 | 18 |
| May 8, 2026 | 695 |
| May 21, 2026 | 786 |
| June 3, 2026 | 852 |
| June 15, 2026 | 1,003 |
| June 27, 2026 | 1,040 |
| July 9, 2026 | 1,101 |
| July 24, 2026 | 1,199 |
| August 2, 2026 | 1,333 |
| August 10, 2026 | 1,546 |
| August 16, 2026 | 1,863 |
| August 21, 2026 | 1,981 |
| August 27, 2026 | 2,101 |
| August 29, 2026 | 2,113 |
Petition Text
Petition to the Minister of Health
Whereas:
• Emergency departments across Canada are under growing pressure and experiencing long waiting times, resulting in preventable harm and deaths
• Tragic cases such as those of Finlay van der Werken, a 16-year-old from Burlington who died waiting over eight hours in an Oakville hospital demonstrate systemic failures that are occurring nationwide
• Though healthcare is provincial regulated, the federal government shapes it through the Canada Health Act, national standards, and public health leadership.
• Provinces must meet Canada Health Act principles for full funding yet still receive the full transfer even as ER access worsens and Canadians face life threatening delays below CTAS standards.
• Children deteriorate faster and often cannot advocate for themselves. Timely access to pediatric-ready emergency care is therefore a fundamental component of the Act’s accessibility principle;
• Approximately 85% of pediatric emergency visits occur in general hospitals with widely varying pediatric readiness. In Finlay van der Werken’s case, investigations found nurses lacked pediatric expertise, placing patients at high risk of harm;
• Canada has no national standards for sepsis care, despite sepsis causing an estimated 18,000 deaths annually and being a leading cause of preventable mortality
We, the undersigned, We, the undersigned, residents of Canada,, call upon the Minister of Health to :
1. Strengthen federal oversight of the Canada Health Act;
2. Tie health-transfer funding to enforceable national standards for pediatric emergency care and sepsis treatment; and
3. Require transparent reporting and compliance to ensure timely, life-saving care for all Canadians.
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