E-7628 CSIS immigration security screening standards Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker

Name: Signature data for Canadian e-petition E-7628
Creator: PetitionTracker.ca

Track E-7628 — CSIS immigration security screening standards — with 2,456 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: Active — open for signatures
Closing date: October 4, 2026
Sponsor: Anita Vandenbeld (Ottawa West—Nepean)
Category: Citizenship and immigration

Signature Statistics

Total signatures: 2,456
Daily increase: +4 in the last 24 hours
Seven-day increase: +19 over the last 7 days
Growth velocity: ~3 new signatures per day (7-day average)
Tracking started: August 5, 2026 — 225 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: 918 signatures
British Columbia: 627 signatures
Manitoba: 244 signatures
Quebec: 209 signatures
Alberta: 186 signatures
Saskatchewan: 85 signatures
Nova Scotia: 73 signatures
Newfoundland and Labrador: 47 signatures
New Brunswick: 22 signatures
Prince Edward Island: 18 signatures
Yukon: 7 signatures

Historical Signature Growth

Date	Signatures
August 5, 2026	6
August 7, 2026	1,522
August 10, 2026	1,736
August 13, 2026	1,841
August 16, 2026	1,898
August 18, 2026	1,940
August 22, 2026	1,988
August 26, 2026	2,205
August 28, 2026	2,287
September 1, 2026	2,334
September 5, 2026	2,363
September 9, 2026	2,415
September 16, 2026	2,446
September 19, 2026	2,456

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.