E-7762 Amend Employment Insurance for caregivers Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker

Name: Signature data for Canadian e-petition E-7762
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Track E-7762 — Amend Employment Insurance for caregivers — with 75 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Heather McPherson. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.

Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7762

Petition Details

Status: Active — open for signatures
Closing date: January 8, 2027
Sponsor: Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona)
Category: Employment and labour

Signature Statistics

Total signatures: 75
Daily increase: +1 in the last 24 hours
Seven-day increase: +3 over the last 7 days
Growth velocity: ~0 new signatures per day (7-day average)
Tracking started: September 10, 2026 — 53 data points recorded

Provincial Distribution

Ontario: 37 signatures
British Columbia: 15 signatures
Alberta: 12 signatures
Quebec: 5 signatures
Manitoba: 2 signatures
Nova Scotia: 1 signatures
Prince Edward Island: 1 signatures
Saskatchewan: 1 signatures

Historical Signature Growth

Date	Signatures
September 10, 2026	7
September 11, 2026	13
September 12, 2026	19
September 14, 2026	24
September 16, 2026	34
September 18, 2026	39
September 19, 2026	43
September 21, 2026	47
September 23, 2026	53
September 25, 2026	57
September 26, 2026	61
September 30, 2026	67
October 11, 2026	71
October 19, 2026	75

Petition Text

Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled

Whereas:

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an incurable, fatal neurodegenerative disease, and most Canadians diagnosed with it live two to five years (ALS Society of Canada);

• ALS and similar progressive diseases require sustained caregiving—help with eating, transferring, communication, and breathing—for months or years before death, usually from family members who reduce or leave paid employment;

• Employment Insurance family caregiver benefits for adults require certification on sudden change in health rather than steady decline;

• Employment Insurance compassionate care benefits require certification of a significant risk of death within 26 weeks (Employment Insurance Act, s, 23.1), and prognosis in these diseases cannot reliably be narrowed to such a window;

• Caregivers therefore qualify for neither benefit during the long, middle period of the disease, when care needs are greatest; and

• Provincial job-protected leave provides no income, and the Canada caregiver amounts (Income Tax Act, s. 118(1)(d)) are non-refundable credits that reduce tax payable but cannot produce a refund (Canada Revenue Agency, Federal Income Tax and Benefit Guide), and so are worth noting to a caregiver who has left the workforce.

We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to amend the Employment Insurance Act so that a confirmed diagnosis of a progressive, life-limiting neurodegenerative disease establishes eligibility for caregiving benefits without requiring certification of critical illness or of a significant risk of death within 26 weeks.