E-7540 Reform of intimate partner violence laws Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7540 — Reform of intimate partner violence laws — with 338 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Terry Dowdall. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7540
Petition Details
- Status: Active — open for signatures
- Closing date: September 30, 2026
- Sponsor: Terry Dowdall (Simcoe—Grey)
- Category: Justice
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 338
- Daily increase: +7 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +43 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~6 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: July 2, 2026 — 131 data points recorded
Provincial Distribution
- Ontario: 217 signatures
- British Columbia: 43 signatures
- Alberta: 41 signatures
- Quebec: 12 signatures
- Manitoba: 8 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 8 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 4 signatures
- New Brunswick: 3 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| July 2, 2026 | 10 |
| July 5, 2026 | 40 |
| July 8, 2026 | 75 |
| July 11, 2026 | 94 |
| July 16, 2026 | 120 |
| July 18, 2026 | 151 |
| July 21, 2026 | 168 |
| July 23, 2026 | 182 |
| August 2, 2026 | 201 |
| August 6, 2026 | 233 |
| August 7, 2026 | 264 |
| August 9, 2026 | 295 |
| August 11, 2026 | 323 |
| August 16, 2026 | 338 |
Petition Text
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
• The current application of mandatory charging policies fails to prevent inappropriate counter charges from being laid against victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence;
• Under current law, victims are only permitted to submit victim impact statements at sentencing when the accused has pled guilty or been found guilty;
• Existing conflict of interest mechanisms fail to mandate immediate disclosure or reassignment, leaving victims vulnerable to systemic bias and compromised investigations; and
• Currently sexual assault charges can be improperly resolved through peace bonds or non-conviction resolutions.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to reform the judicial and investigative systems handling intimate partner violence and sexual assault to address investigative failures, eliminate practices that retraumatize victims, strengthen accountability, and ensure decisions are based on evidence, fairness, and survivor safety by:
1. Implementing strict conflict of interest rules requiring investigating officers to disclose any personal or professional relationship with either the accused or the victim, with mandatory reassignment where a conflict;exists.
2. Reforming mandatory charging policies to prevent survivors from being criminalized when the accused attempts to counter charge the victim;
3. Ensuring sexual assault charges cannot be resolved through peace bonds, diversion agreements, or other non-conviction resolutions without judicial oversight and clear public-interest justification;
4. Removing barriers to victim impact statements by allowing survivors to provide statements regardless of the final judicial outcome; and
5. Creating independent civilian oversight bodies to review investigative failures, wrongful counter charges, mishandled cases, and systemic bias within police and prosecutorial systems.
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