E-7643 Public alerts for missing vulnerable children Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7643 — Public alerts for missing vulnerable children — with 1,143 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Michelle Rempel Garner. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7643
Petition Details
- Status: Closed
- Closing date: November 5, 2026
- Sponsor: Michelle Rempel Garner (Calgary Nose Hill)
- Category: Public safety
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 1,143
- Daily increase: +2 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +67 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~10 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: August 7, 2026 — 267 data points recorded
Milestones
- 1,000 signatures reached on October 14, 2026 — total at that point: 1,005
- Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on August 13, 2026 — total at that point: 501
Provincial Distribution
- Alberta: 500 signatures
- Ontario: 351 signatures
- British Columbia: 120 signatures
- Quebec: 36 signatures
- Manitoba: 31 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 31 signatures
- New Brunswick: 29 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 22 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 8 signatures
- Prince Edward Island: 6 signatures
- Northwest Territories: 1 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| August 7, 2026 | 7 |
| August 10, 2026 | 344 |
| August 14, 2026 | 511 |
| August 17, 2026 | 582 |
| August 23, 2026 | 620 |
| August 30, 2026 | 692 |
| September 4, 2026 | 789 |
| September 10, 2026 | 845 |
| September 17, 2026 | 886 |
| September 25, 2026 | 934 |
| October 7, 2026 | 979 |
| October 27, 2026 | 1,050 |
| November 5, 2026 | 1,141 |
| November 6, 2026 | 1,143 |
Petition Text
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
• Many children with autism and functional capacity limitations are prone to wandering, and many autistic, non-speaking, or otherwise vulnerable children face immediate life-threatening risks when they go missing, even without evidence of abduction or foul play;
• Current emergency alert criteria are primarily designed for suspected abductions and often prevent or delay public alerts until special exemptions are granted;
• Parents and advocacy groups have called for reform so that the system responds to the danger facing the child rather than solely to whether a crime is suspected; and
• There is an urgent need for the creation of a national framework for timely public alerts when vulnerable children go missing, strengthened first-responder training and search protocols, and clear authority for police to issue immediate warnings when a vulnerable child’s life may be at risk.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
1. Immediately convene provincial and territorial governments, law enforcement, families, and relevant organizations to create a Canada-wide framework that allows timely public alerts when autistic, non-speaking, special-needs, or otherwise vulnerable children go missing, even when abduction or foul play is not suspected;
2. Strengthen first-responder training and search protocols specifically for missing autistic and non-speaking children, and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities; and
3. Ensure police have clear authority and the necessary tools to warn the public immediately when a vulnerable child’s life may be at risk, so that bureaucratic rules never cost precious time as every minute counts in protecting Canada’s most vulnerable children.
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