E-7427 Moratorium on AI data centers Alberta Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7427 — Moratorium on AI data centers Alberta — with 26,920 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Heather McPherson. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7427
Petition Details
- Status: Active — open for signatures
- Closing date: September 17, 2026
- Sponsor: Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona)
- Category: Environment
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 26,920
- Daily increase: +27 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +567 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~81 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: May 20, 2026 — 528 data points recorded
Milestones
- 10,000 signatures reached on July 3, 2026 — total at that point: 10,003
- 5,000 signatures reached on June 3, 2026 — total at that point: 5,025
- 1,000 signatures reached on May 24, 2026 — total at that point: 1,071
- Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on May 21, 2026 — total at that point: 578
Provincial Distribution
- Alberta: 20,341 signatures
- Ontario: 2,612 signatures
- British Columbia: 1,694 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 584 signatures
- Quebec: 539 signatures
- Manitoba: 293 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 218 signatures
- New Brunswick: 192 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 83 signatures
- Northwest Territories: 75 signatures
- Prince Edward Island: 31 signatures
- Yukon: 19 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| May 20, 2026 | 6 |
| May 30, 2026 | 4,449 |
| June 11, 2026 | 7,215 |
| June 20, 2026 | 9,070 |
| June 28, 2026 | 9,569 |
| July 5, 2026 | 10,495 |
| July 12, 2026 | 17,737 |
| July 20, 2026 | 21,293 |
| July 28, 2026 | 24,383 |
| August 3, 2026 | 25,249 |
| August 10, 2026 | 25,778 |
| August 16, 2026 | 26,447 |
| August 22, 2026 | 26,920 |
Petition Text
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
Whereas:
• Proposed hyperscale AI data centres in Alberta, including the Wonder Valley and Synapse Olds projects, would consume massive amounts of electricity and water, increasing pressure on power grids, freshwater supplies, and public infrastructure during drought, wildfire risk, and climate instability;
• Many proposed facilities would rely on natural-gas generation that could significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions and undermine Canada’s climate commitments under the Paris Agreement and the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act;
• Communities including Olds and Indigenous nations affected by these projects have raised concerns regarding noise, air pollution, water consumption, inadequate consultation, threats to agriculture and ecosystems, and the transfer of infrastructure costs and environmental risks onto the public;
We, the undersigned, People of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to immediately impose a federal moratorium on the approval, construction, expansion, or operation of proposed hyperscale AI data centres in Alberta, including the proposed Wonder Valley AI Data Centre Industrial Park and the proposed Synapse Data Centers Olds Project.
1. Prohibit federal permits, funding, tax incentives, loan guarantees, infrastructure support, or federal land and water access for AI data centres powered primarily by fossil fuels or requiring large-scale freshwater withdrawals;
2. Establish binding national environmental protections that permanently prohibit hyperscale AI data centres that would significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions, strain provincial electrical grids, consume unsustainable amounts of freshwater, or negatively impact surrounding communities, farmland, ecosystems, or Indigenous territories; and
3. Require mandatory federal environmental assessments, transparent public hearings, and free, prior, and informed consent from affected Indigenous nations and municipalities before any future AI data centre proposal may be considered in Alberta and in Canada.
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