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Any Canadian resident can submit a petition on environmental matters related to sustainable development that fall within the scope of the federal government’s responsibilities.
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Copies of full petitions and related responses are available on request. We have provided a summary for petitions received in the last 7 years. Summaries are not available for older petitions, but titles are available if you want to request a copy. Please note that petitions are subject to a retention period of 15 years. Petitions will be provided in the language that they were originally written in.
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Results
No. 473E The reluctance of the Pest Management Regulatory Agency to enforce a pesticide label’s prohibition against spraying flowering weeds where bees are actively foraging
No. 534 Consequences of risk management used by Fisheries and Oceans Canada on fish habitat and on the rights of the Indigenous peoples of Canada
No. 533 The federal government’s responsibility to fund programs that prevent the spread of invasive mussels in British Columbia
No. 532 Canada’s Sustainable Agriculture Strategy must incorporate policies to support the growth of sustainable, plant-based production and consumption to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
No. 531 Striped bass mismanagement in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence
No. 525B Follow-up petition on the climate and road-safety effects of pickup trucks and large sport-utility vehicles
No. 390G Follow-up petition on the quantification of Canada’s total carbon dioxide emissions from exported fossil fuels
No. 530 Addressing mercury exposure from dental amalgam and protecting public and environmental health
No. 529 Fossil fuel subsidies
No. 528 Follow-up petition on the subsidization of car parking at schools for teachers
No. 503B Follow-up petition on national urban park status for the National Capital Greenbelt
No. 527 The transfer of a portion of the Asticou Centre lands to the province of Quebec
No. 526 Request for an update or timeline on the implementation of Recommendation 9 of the Standing Committee on Health’s 2015 report, Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation and the Health of Canadians
No. 525 Pickup trucks and large sport-utility vehicles undermining hard-fought climate and road-safety gains
No. 515B Follow-up to petition 515 on the use of leaded aviation fuel at Canadian airports including Qualicum Beach Airport
No. 524 Environmental assessment conducted on Highway 69 in Ontario
No. 523 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in pesticides in Canada
No. 522 Questions related to electromagnetic hypersensitivity in the Canadian Community Health Survey
No. 521 Sustainability of entombing Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s 2 small reactors as proposed by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
No. 520 Leveraging an Environment and Climate Change Canada net‑zero procurement system
No. 500C Follow-up to the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s response to Petition 500 on the government’s plan to achieve net-zero procurement by 2050
No. 500B Follow-up to Public Services and Procurement Canada’s response to Petition 500 on the government’s plan to achieve net-zero procurement by 2050
No. 519 Environmental impact of the Direction on Prescribed Presence in the Workplace
No. 516 The sustainability of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s government-owned, contractor‑operated model
No. 518 Ship-breaking activities’ effects on the aquatic environment
No. 517 Action needed to address ship breaking on the east coast of Vancouver Island
No. 515 Leaded aviation fuel safety concerns for the community
No. 473D Follow-up to petition 473C on permethrin fogging of weeds and drift to weeds where bees are actively foraging
No. 514 Baynes Sound ship-breaking industry proximity to residences
No. 513 Effects of proposed investment relating to the Elk Valley, British Columbia
No. 512 Legislated protection for Gatineau Park
No. 390F Follow-up petition on the quantification of Canada’s total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from exported fossil fuels
No. 511 Remediation of 8 National Capital Commission properties on Bayview Station Road
No. 510 Federal policies on airport development, community engagement, accountability, and environmental policies regarding the Hunt Club Forest, Ottawa
No. 509 The climate and environmental impacts of Canada’s NORAD modernization and NATO operations in the North
No. 508 Protection of fish habitat in the Englishman River, Vancouver Island
No. 507 Policy measures to bring zero-emission advanced air mobility to rural Canada
No. 477B Follow-up to petition 477 regarding federal environmental responsibilities for the Ottawa Hospital
No. 506 Call for a national pollinator strategy
No. 505 The protection of fish habitat in rivers and streams
No. 504 Request for regulations under the Fisheries Act for managing riparian areas
No. 503 National Urban Park status for the National Capital Greenbelt
No. 502 Federal government obligation to disclose information on presence of radioactive waste contamination
No. 501 Abandonment and reclamation liability of inactive oil wells on First Nations reserves
No. 500 Government of Canada’s plan to achieve net-zero procurement by 2050
No. 499 Environmental effects of the closure, remediation, and reclamation of oil sands mines
No. 498 Oil spill response plans for the southern resident killer whales
No. 497 Environmental impacts of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO’s) Camp Adazi military base in Latvia
No. 496 Update on the status of the Governor in Council’s undertaking to implement the Canada Energy Regulator’s 16 recommendations to the Governor in Council for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project
No. 495 Government of Canada funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, for research into the link between radiofrequency fields and potential health effects
No. 494 Questions on mobile‑source emission‑control technologies and wood‑burning‑appliances
No. 493 Canadians have the right to breathe clean air—A call for federal action on heavy truck pollution
No. 492 Clarity from Fisheries and Oceans Canada on British Columbia open net‑pen salmon farm issues
No. 490 The National Capital Commission's corporate plan and real-property optimization strategy: Green space versus monetizing green space
No. 491 Rail safety and maintenance
No. 489 Erosion of the National Capital Commission’s commitment to tree planting
No. 486 Environmental impact assessment
No. 488 Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory does not include 1 and 19 Sir John A. MacDonald Parkway
No. 487 Environmental risk management plan for 1 and 19 Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway
No. 485 Green and Inclusive Community Buildings grant application should not qualify for building at proposed location
No. 473C Request for information and clarification on the response to petition 473 from the Minister of Health
No. 473B Request for further information and clarification on the response to petition 473 from the Minister of Environment and Climate Change
No. 484 Political accountability for the continued use of glyphosate in Canada
No. 483 Request for an update or a timeline on the implementation of Recommendation 8 of the Standing Committee on Health’s 2015 parliamentary report
No. 390E Follow-up petition on the quantification of Canada’s total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from exported fossil fuels
No. 482 Teachers and subsidized or free car parking at schools
No. 481 Health Canada’s actions regarding the consideration of the Canadian Medical Association, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the College of Family Physicians of Canada
No. 480 Follow-up to petition 466 on environmental effects of the Bradford Bypass construction on fish and fish habitat
No. 477 Federal environmental responsibilities for the largest hospital plan in Canada—The Ottawa Hospital
No. 478 Policy measures regarding the marketing of radiation-emitting devices to children under the age of 14 to ensure parents are aware of the health risks and how these risks can be avoided
No. 479 Petition requesting that the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and the President of the Treasury Board review and amend an eligibility rule governing the Environmental Damages Fund
No. 476 Climate action, escalating biodiversity loss, and pollution
No. 475 Data on the Government of Canada’s public service on reasonable accommodations for environmental sensitivities, including electromagnetic hypersensitivity, as required under the Canadian Human Rights Act
No. 474 Funding of research through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research into testing, diagnosis and treatment of electromagnetic hypersensitivity and the possible impacts on health in the workplace
No. 473 The non-agricultural use of permethrin in Canada as a mosquito treatment, and the implications to insect and spider biodiversity and the food chain
No. 472 Establishment of a system for Canadians to report potential adverse reactions to radiation (radiofrequency electromagnetic fields) from wireless devices
No. 471 Greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, monitoring, reporting, and climate action
No. 470 Assessing effectiveness of regulation of asbestos and asbestos cement pipes in Canada
No. 447B Follow-up petition on climate and environmental impacts of the new fleet of F-35 fighter jets
No. 390D Follow-up petition on the quantification of Canada’s total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from exported fossil fuels
No. 469 Enforcement of environmental standards in British Columbia
No. 468 Farmland drainage crisis in Saskatchewan
No. 467 Asphalt plant air pollution concerns
No. 466 Environmental effects of the Bradford Bypass construction on fish and fish habitat
No. 465 Concerns surrounding groundwater contamination by a fertilizer plant in Yorkton, Saskatchewan
No. 464 Questioning federal oversight of greenspace north of the Montréal‑Trudeau International Airport
No. 463 Concerns about Canada’s forest carbon quantification and accounting
No. 462 Effects of 6PPD tire rubber antioxidant on salmon and mitigation
No. 461 Ministerial responsibility to protect the northern spotted owl and its habitat
No. 460 Concerns about effective monitoring, reporting, and enforcement of environmental laws and permits governing resource extraction projects
No. 122F Follow-up petition on Silvermere Island and Silvermere Lake habitat concerns
No. 122F Follow-up petition on Silvermere Island and Silvermere Lake habitat concerns
No. 459 Evidence, science, experience to date, and analysis supporting Project List entries and thresholds
No. 390C Follow-up petition on the quantification of Canada’s total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from exported fossil fuels—Questions about responses to petition 390B
No. 458 The Government of Canada’s response to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water, products, and waste
No. 457 Responsibilities of Health Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada in protecting pollinators from the impact of neonicotinoid pesticides
No. 456 The Government of Canada’s rigour and transparency in evaluating the science regarding localized exposures to 5G technologies in its update of Safety Code 6
No. 454 Social and gender equity impacts of federal COVID-19 financial support for the fossil fuel industry
No. 455 Port authority decision making regarding coal exports and other environmental determinations under the Impact Assessment Act
No. 453 Federal funding of the Ontario Line and Canada’s commitment to sustainable infrastructure development
No. 452 Protecting aquatic environments from harmful effects of nanosilver in consumer products
No. 451 At-risk pipelines under the Ottawa River
No. 450 Status of implementation of Canada’s commitments to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
No. 390B Follow-up petition on the quantification of Canada’s total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from exported fossil fuels
No. 449 Federal protection of critical habitat for migratory birds
No. 448 Acid mine drainage from Gatineau Park and vicinity
No. 447 Climate impact of new fighter jets
No. 446 Logistics required for deploying newly researched oil spill tools
No. 445 Federal funding for the Fraser Basin Council Society
No. 444 Need for environmental impact assessment on ecological effects of wide-scale wolf reduction programs
No. 443 Reporting relationship of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
No. 442 Textile waste
No. 441 Ministerial decisions on designation requests made pursuant to the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012
No. 440 Uncertainties about the management of single-use plastics
No. 439 The regulation of genetically engineered salmon under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
No. 438 Reduction of plastic pollution
No. 437 Using ISO standards to measure greenhouse gases
No. 436 Multiple incidences of dead fish found on the shores of the Lièvre and Ottawa rivers in July 2019
No. 435 Use of social cost of carbon values by the Government of Canada
No. 434 Fluralaner toxicity in the environment
No. 433 Certain organic flame retardants substance grouping
No. 432 Concerns about single‑use plastics in our waters and about vinyl acetate–based products
No. 349b Follow-up petition on Canada’s interpreting of the international version of the precautionary principle within Canadian government departments
No. 349b Follow-up petition on Canada’s interpreting of the international version of the precautionary principle within Canadian government departments
No. 431 Oversight, safety, and public awareness of chemical product applications at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa
No. 430 Inquiry into the need for Fisheries and Oceans Canada to recover endangered eulachon
No. 429 Plastic pollution in our oceans
No. 428 Ten requests to the Government of Canada for improving the well-being of the environment
No. 427 Nuclear governance problems in Canada
No. 426 Canadian Coast Guard Aids to Navigation discarded batteries
No. 425 Public transit, municipal priorities, and federal government
No. 424 Petition for clarification on the conversion of Western Brook Pond Trail to a gravel access road in Gros Morne National Park
No. 423 Re-evaluation of glyphosate by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency and the United States Environmental Protection Agency
No. 422 Results of wheat, oats, and corn sampling for glyphosate by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
No. 421 Questioning nuclear power as clean energy
No. 420 Federal financing of the Fraser Surrey Docks coal export terminal and other coal export facilities
No. 419 Concerns about investment in “new” nuclear technologies
No. 418 Need for a national policy on decommissioning of nuclear reactors
No. 417 Clarification requested on the proposed Icefields Trail in Jasper National Park
No. 416 Sustainable development in national parks
No. 415 The role of Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency in the environmental assessment of the proposed Ajax Mine
No. 414 Concerns about impacts of open-net fish farming on wild Pacific salmon
No. 413 Environmental assessment of nuclear projects
No. 405B Follow-up petition on Canada’s nuclear legacy liabilities
No. 412 Jefferd Creek Rerouting
No. 398B Follow-up petition on adequate warnings to Canadians about the effects of radiofrequency and microwave radiation from personal and household wireless devices
No. 411 Policies and strategies for managing non-fuel radioactive waste
No. 410 Canada’s progress on implementing and reporting on Agenda 2030
No. 409 Health Canada’s Safety Code 6 threshold for excessive heating and other adverse effects from radiofrequency and microwave wireless radiation on the human eye and on infants
No. 407 Scientific review processes to determine limits on exposure to radiofrequency radiation according to Safety Code 6
No. 404 Nesting barn swallows at Norman Rogers Airport, in Kingston, Ontario
No. 406 Recognition, protection, and accessibility for persons who suffer health impairment related to contamination by electromagnetic pollution
No. 405 Canadian nuclear legacy liabilities: Cleanup costs for Chalk River Laboratories
No. 408 The relationship of science to the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy
No. 403 Exposure of vulnerable persons to microwave and radiofrequency radiation
No. 402 Precautionary messaging and advisories in schools for safer use of wireless devices
No. 401 Institutionalized resistance to climate change action (wind energy)
No. 400 Timeliness of environmental assessments for projects 2 and 3 (Ontario Highway 69 expansion)
No. 399 Scientific weight of evidence for Safety Code 6, Health Canada’s radiofrequency exposure guidelines
No. 398 Adequate warnings to Canadians about the effects of radiofrequency and microwave radiation from personal and household wireless devices
No. 397 Learning from assessments of Canada’s Renewable Fuels Strategy as a prerequisite to developing a Clean Fuel Standard
No. 396 Concerns about fish farming practices in British Columbia and their effect on the health of farmed fish and wild fish
No. 395 Impact on migratory birds of tailings ponds in Alberta’s oil sands mines
No. 394 Adequacy of environmental risk assessment of industrial facility in Port Alberni, British Columbia
No. 393 Concerns about the spraying of pesticides close to a school in a rural area
No. 377B Follow-up petition on the interpretation and application of Canada’s Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
No. 392 Concerns over crude oil shipping and oil spills on the Great Lakes
No. 391 Changing nature of protected areas in Canada
No. 390 Quantification of Canada’s total carbon dioxide emissions from exported fossil fuels
No. 389 Legal protection of Gatineau Park, National Capital Region
No. 388 Protection of the Central Experimental Farm as a research facility and a national historic site of Canada
No. 387 Concerns about Canada’s continued use and import of asbestos
No. 386 Regulatory requirements and due process for transporting hazardous waste into Canada for disposal
No. 385 Adequacy of environmental risk assessment of the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project in Delta, British Columbia
No. 384 Relocation of the 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron—Deficiencies in environmental assessment and need for public consultation
No. 383 Port Metro Vancouver’s expansion and its environmental impact on migratory birds and their feeding ground at Roberts Bank
No. 382 Public consultation process for the re-evaluation of the herbicide glyphosate
No. 381 Concerns over Canadian Coast Guard response to English Bay oil spill in Vancouver
No. 380 Critical infrastructure and atmospheric security—Impacts of climate change
No. 379 Implementation of a federal compliance strategy for transboundary waste regulations
No. 378 Safety Code 6 and protection from electromagnetic radiation generated by a cell tower antenna
No. 377 Interpretation and application of Canada’s Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
No. 376 Climate change adaptation for national parks
No. 375 Status of contaminated site near Canadian Forces Base Valcartier
No. 374 Federal actions on climate change adaptation in Canada’s North
No. 373 Environmental concerns over oil leaking from a sunken cargo ship in Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland
No. 372 Federal responsibilities toward cancer prevention from risks associated with environmental carcinogens
No. 371 Environmental risks of hazardous goods transported by rail
No. 370 Risks of releasing coal and coal dust into the environment during transport
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