E-7470 Timely reviews for wrongful convictions Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7470 — Timely reviews for wrongful convictions — with 129 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Elizabeth May. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7470
Petition Details
- Status: Closed
- Closing date: October 8, 2026
- Sponsor: Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands)
- Category: Justice
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 129
- Daily increase: +5 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +8 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~1 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: June 10, 2026 — 102 data points recorded
Provincial Distribution
- Ontario: 48 signatures
- British Columbia: 36 signatures
- Alberta: 15 signatures
- Quebec: 13 signatures
- Manitoba: 5 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 5 signatures
- New Brunswick: 3 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 3 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 1 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| June 10, 2026 | 7 |
| June 12, 2026 | 25 |
| June 17, 2026 | 35 |
| June 22, 2026 | 43 |
| July 2, 2026 | 51 |
| July 19, 2026 | 59 |
| August 2, 2026 | 67 |
| August 12, 2026 | 75 |
| August 16, 2026 | 83 |
| September 2, 2026 | 92 |
| September 14, 2026 | 103 |
| September 20, 2026 | 111 |
| October 5, 2026 | 123 |
| October 8, 2026 | 129 |
Petition Text
Petition to the House of Commons
Whereas:
• Wrongful-conviction review applicants may wait many years for review and final determination, causing hardship, uncertainty, and diminished confidence in Canada’s justice system;
• No legislated timelines currently govern wrongful-conviction review applications, including intake, assessment, investigation, recommendation, and final decision-making;
• In the Supreme Court of Canada decision R. v. Jordan, unreasonable delay in criminal proceedings was recognized as harmful to fairness, justice, and public confidence in the administration of justice; and
• Fairness, transparency, and timely justice are essential where miscarriages of justice are alleged.
We, the undersigned, Citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to:
1. Establish timelines, transparency, and fairness in wrongful conviction reviews in Canada under s. 696.1;
2. Require assignment of a case number upon acceptance of a completed wrongful-conviction review application and assignment of a reviewer within 30 days;
3. Require completion of a preliminary assessment within 180 days;
4. Require that where a preliminary negative assessment is issued, and the applicant responds, the Minister of Justice or successor wrongful-conviction review authority render a final decision no later than 18 months from acceptance of the completed application;
5. Require that where a recommendation for review or further investigation is made, the application automatically proceed under a maximum 30-month timeline from acceptance of the completed application, including under any successor wrongful-conviction review commission or authority established by Parliament;
6. Require periodic written status updates to applicants; and
7. Establish a statutory right to seek judicial release, comparable to release mechanisms available during criminal appeals in Canada, once a wrongful-conviction review application has been accepted as complete.
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