E-7662 Naval Museum Lease Extension Request Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7662 — Naval Museum Lease Extension Request — with 546 signatures and counting. Sponsored by David McKenzie. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7662
Petition Details
- Status: Active — open for signatures
- Closing date: November 9, 2026
- Sponsor: David McKenzie (Calgary Signal Hill)
- Category: Culture and heritage
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 546
- Daily increase: +2 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +26 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~4 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: August 11, 2026 — 156 data points recorded
Milestones
- Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on September 17, 2026 — total at that point: 501
Provincial Distribution
- Alberta: 351 signatures
- Ontario: 74 signatures
- British Columbia: 69 signatures
- Quebec: 12 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 12 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 8 signatures
- Manitoba: 6 signatures
- New Brunswick: 6 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 2 signatures
- Prince Edward Island: 1 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| August 11, 2026 | 6 |
| August 15, 2026 | 20 |
| August 21, 2026 | 37 |
| August 27, 2026 | 74 |
| August 29, 2026 | 138 |
| September 1, 2026 | 205 |
| September 4, 2026 | 243 |
| September 6, 2026 | 320 |
| September 13, 2026 | 338 |
| September 15, 2026 | 453 |
| September 17, 2026 | 507 |
| September 20, 2026 | 533 |
| September 25, 2026 | 546 |
Petition Text
Petition to the Minister of National Defence
Whereas:
• The Naval Museum of Alberta Society (NMAS) owns and operates the Commodore Laraine Orthlieb Naval Training Centre (CLONTC) on leased property co-located on the site of Calgary’s Naval Reserve Division HMCS Tecumseh;
• The building is owned and operated by NMAS, a not for profit society that has paid all the construction and maintenance costs since 1988;
• The building houses warehouse and shop spaces supporting The Military Museums of Calgary, the largest tri-service DND museum in Western Canada, three cadet corps and an innovative bridge simulator;
• The Department of National Defence has advised that they will not extend NMAS’ land lease beyond 2028, and has indicated that NMAS and associated groups using the facility must vacate the premise prior to the lease end date and the facility may be slated for demolition; and
• • The loss of the CLONTC will very negatively impact NMAS, the Naval Museum of Alberta, three cadet corps, and HMCS Tecumseh, specifically in the areas of training, recruiting and finances.
We, the undersigned, citizens or residents of Canada, call upon the Minister of National Defence to commit to working with the Commodore Laraine Orthlieb Naval Training Centre building owner and occupants to extend the land lease and develop a long-term solution that sustains access to and use of the facility to continue to support the Naval Museum of Alberta, HMCS Tecumseh, cadet corps, and the naval community.
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