E-7680 Bilingualism in Canadian Armed Forces Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7680 — Bilingualism in Canadian Armed Forces — with 3,451 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Pierre Paul-Hus. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7680
Petition Details
- Status: Closed
- Closing date: September 17, 2026
- Sponsor: Pierre Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles)
- Category: Official languages
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 3,451
- Daily increase: +10 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +54 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~8 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: August 18, 2026 — 161 data points recorded
Milestones
- 1,000 signatures reached on August 19, 2026 — total at that point: 1,156
- Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on August 18, 2026 — total at that point: 610
Provincial Distribution
- Quebec: 2,996 signatures
- Ontario: 255 signatures
- New Brunswick: 55 signatures
- British Columbia: 37 signatures
- Alberta: 26 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 25 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 10 signatures
- Manitoba: 9 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 2 signatures
- Northwest Territories: 1 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| August 18, 2026 | 11 |
| August 20, 2026 | 2,042 |
| August 22, 2026 | 2,707 |
| August 24, 2026 | 2,903 |
| August 25, 2026 | 3,051 |
| August 27, 2026 | 3,183 |
| August 29, 2026 | 3,220 |
| September 1, 2026 | 3,247 |
| September 4, 2026 | 3,284 |
| September 6, 2026 | 3,357 |
| September 8, 2026 | 3,384 |
| September 12, 2026 | 3,401 |
| September 16, 2026 | 3,442 |
| September 17, 2026 | 3,451 |
Petition Text
Petition to the Minister of National Defence
Whereas:
• English and French are Canada’s official languages, and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), as a national institution, have a responsibility to respect and promote both official languages;
• DAOD 5039-2 eliminated the language designations of military units and organizations and introduced an approach where the language of work depends primarily on their geographic location;
• Members of the military are posted according to service requirements and do not always choose the region in which they are called upon to serve;
• The vitality of French within the CAF requires more than the recognition of individual rights and depends on a genuine institutional capacity that enables military members to serve, be led, and advance professionally in French;
• The Minister of National Defence has announced a review of language-of-work designations and their implementation; and
• Bilingualism is an institutional obligation and an operational and strategic asset that strengthens the CAF’s leadership and effectiveness.
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Minister of National Defence to:
1. Withdraw DAOD 5039-2 in its current form;
2. Reinstate a system that allows military units, organizations and establishments to be designated as officially bilingual where their mission, national mandate, training responsibilities or operational requirements warrant it;
3. Take the necessary measures to ensure a strong and sustainable institutional presence of French and to strengthen bilingualism as an operational and strategic capability; and
4. Base the announced review on the CAF’s official languages obligations and operational requirements, publish its findings, establish measurable objectives, and publicly report on the results.