E-7553: Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled — Canadian Petition Tracker
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Track petition E-7553 — "Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled" sponsored by John Williamson. 6 signatures and counting. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Petition Text
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
Whereas:
• The Government of Canada has actively promoted hyperscale AI data centre development through its national AI strategy without establishing corresponding federal protections for the communities, ecosystems, and public utilities that bear the costs;
• A proposed 390-megawatt hyperscale AI data centre in Lorneville, New Brunswick, powered in part by a natural gas plant operated by U.S.-based VoltaGrid LLC, would become one of the province's top three industrial greenhouse gas emitters, directly undermining Canada's commitments under the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act;
• The project would draw 200 megawatts from NB Power, a publicly owned utility, raising federal concerns about energy security, affordability, and the socialization of costs onto ordinary ratepayers to subsidize a private foreign corporation; and
• No federal regulatory framework exists to evaluate the cumulative environmental, energy, or social impacts of hyperscale data centre development, and consultations on the federal AI strategy have excluded affected municipalities and communities.
We, the undersigned, people of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to:
1. Apply the Impact Assessment Act to hyperscale data centres exceeding 100,000 tonnes of annual CO2 emissions or drawing more than 100 megawatts from a public grid;
2. Direct the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to assess federal habitat protection obligations triggered by the Lorneville project; and
3. Require that the federal AI strategy include binding community and environmental protection standards before any further federal support is directed toward hyperscale data centre development.