E-7395 Funding for Official Opposition Residence Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7395 — Funding for Official Opposition Residence — with 28,196 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Elizabeth May. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7395
Petition Details
- Status: Closed
- Closing date: July 30, 2026
- Sponsor: Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands)
- Category: Government services and administration
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 28,196
- Daily increase: +83 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +1,721 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~246 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: May 1, 2026 — 417 data points recorded
Milestones
- 10,000 signatures reached on May 7, 2026 — total at that point: 10,026
- 5,000 signatures reached on May 2, 2026 — total at that point: 5,711
- Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on May 1, 2026 — total at that point: 5,711
- 1,000 signatures reached on May 1, 2026 — total at that point: 5,711
Provincial Distribution
- Ontario: 12,782 signatures
- British Columbia: 6,331 signatures
- Alberta: 3,882 signatures
- Quebec: 1,151 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 1,126 signatures
- Manitoba: 995 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 708 signatures
- New Brunswick: 574 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 294 signatures
- Prince Edward Island: 133 signatures
- Yukon: 36 signatures
- Northwest Territories: 30 signatures
- Nunavut: 5 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| May 1, 2026 | 1,230 |
| May 9, 2026 | 10,356 |
| May 21, 2026 | 11,237 |
| May 30, 2026 | 11,425 |
| June 10, 2026 | 11,869 |
| June 18, 2026 | 12,031 |
| June 25, 2026 | 12,341 |
| June 30, 2026 | 14,289 |
| July 7, 2026 | 14,813 |
| July 12, 2026 | 23,220 |
| July 18, 2026 | 25,648 |
| July 23, 2026 | 26,502 |
| July 29, 2026 | 28,096 |
| July 30, 2026 | 28,196 |
Petition Text
Petition to the House of Commons
Whereas:
• As Canada enters a building phase, Prime Minister Mark Carney asked for cost saving ideas;
• Since 1950, Stornoway, 541 Acacia Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, has been the official residence of Canada’s Leader of the Official Opposition;
• The main building has 19 main rooms, approximately 9,500 square feet (883 meters);
• Stornoway is served by a staff of three: a chef, chauffeur, and household administrator;
• The National Capital Commission manages this property, which is closed to the public;
• Canada is the only western democracy to fund a residence for the Official Opposition;
• This cost saving petition is deliberately silent on implementation.
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to stop funding Stornoway as a private residence for the Leader of the Official Opposition.
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