Procedure and House Affairs Committee proposes changes to e-petition system

Ditch MP petition ‘sponsorship,’ and allow for more flexible timelines, PROC recommends.

MPs who have sponsored the most e-petitions since 2015 include Liberal Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, left, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, middle, and Conservative Michelle Rempel, right. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

November 21, 2018

Canadians should have the ability to flag issues in the House of Commons faster when they start petitions online, but getting thousands of signatures won’t make the Chamber take up their cause, according to a House committee's review of the e-petition system. In a

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