41st Parliament, 2nd Session
(October 16, 2013 - August 2, 2015)
M-428, Electronic Petitions
Reports and Government Responses
Report 33:
M-428, Electronic Petitions
- Adopted by the Committee: February 24, 2015
- Presented to the House: February 26, 2015
- No Government Response requested
- Concurred in by the House: March 11, 2015
Report 27:
M-428, Electronic Petitions
- Adopted by the Committee: November 27, 2014
- Presented to the House: December 1, 2014
- No Government Response requested
- Concurred in by the House: December 3, 2014
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That the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be instructed to recommend changes to the Standing Orders and other conventions governing petitions so as to establish an electronic petitioning system that would enhance the current paper-based petitions system by allowing Canadians to sign petitions electronically, and to consider, among other things, (i) the possibility to trigger a debate in the House of Commons outside of current sitting hours when a certain threshold of signatures is reached, (ii) the necessity for no fewer than five Members of Parliament to sponsor the e-petition and to table it in the House once a time limit to collect signatures is reached, (iii) the study made in the 38th Parliament regarding e-petitions, and that the Committee report its findings to the House, with proposed changes to the Standing Orders and other conventions governing petitions, within 12 months of the adoption of this order
