E-7628 CSIS immigration security screening standards Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7628 — CSIS immigration security screening standards — with 3,125 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Anita Vandenbeld. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7628
Petition Details
- Status: Closed
- Closing date: October 4, 2026
- Sponsor: Anita Vandenbeld (Ottawa West—Nepean)
- Category: Citizenship and immigration
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 3,125
- Daily increase: +37 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +580 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~83 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: August 5, 2026 — 297 data points recorded
Milestones
- 1,000 signatures reached on August 6, 2026 — total at that point: 1,118
- Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on August 5, 2026 — total at that point: 678
Provincial Distribution
- Ontario: 1,295 signatures
- British Columbia: 694 signatures
- Quebec: 259 signatures
- Manitoba: 257 signatures
- Alberta: 252 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 107 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 106 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 66 signatures
- New Brunswick: 33 signatures
- Prince Edward Island: 19 signatures
- Yukon: 7 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| August 5, 2026 | 6 |
| August 8, 2026 | 1,607 |
| August 12, 2026 | 1,796 |
| August 16, 2026 | 1,898 |
| August 20, 2026 | 1,951 |
| August 25, 2026 | 2,134 |
| August 28, 2026 | 2,287 |
| September 2, 2026 | 2,342 |
| September 9, 2026 | 2,402 |
| September 16, 2026 | 2,446 |
| September 25, 2026 | 2,494 |
| September 29, 2026 | 2,715 |
| October 2, 2026 | 3,045 |
| October 5, 2026 | 3,125 |
Petition Text
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
• Immigration security screening is shared by IRCC, CSIS and CBSA;
• For applications requiring CSIS screening, CBSA has confirmed that its work begins only after CSIS completes its review, so delays at CSIS delay CBSA screening and IRCC’s final decision;
• CBSA strives to complete permanent-residence security screening within 107 calendar days after CSIS finishes, while CSIS has no comparable public service standard;
• CSIS states in its 2025 Public Report that its immigration-screening inventory remains at a historic high and that NSIRA complaints increased by 290% between 2024 and 2025, with over 91% relating to alleged delays in CSIS immigration security screening;
• Prolonged screening can cause family separation, career and financial harm, repeated access requests, oversight complaints and court proceedings;
• Without a CSIS service standard, Parliament and Canadians lack a benchmark to assess the timeliness and performance of CSIS immigration screening; and
• Measurable CSIS standards and reporting would improve accountability and efficiency without compromising national security.
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
1. Establish and publish measurable CSIS service standards, from receipt of a security screening referral to delivery of advice to CBSA and IRCC;
2. Establish a documented escalation and review process for cases exceeding the applicable service standards;
3. Require CSIS to publish aggregate data on referrals received, completed and outstanding, inventory age, median and 80th-percentile processing times, and performance against the service standards; and
4. Develop and publish a time-bound CSIS immigration-screening backlog-reduction plan with measurable targets and progress reports.
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