Active Petitions
Check out the Canadian petition rules here
Maintain Nova Scotia democratic process
Change.org petition calling for the office of the NS Auditor General to remain independent. Initiated by Tracy Webb. Open until undetermined date.
Note: this is not an official petition since the Nova Scotian government does not accept online petitions. However, signatures on this petition give an indication of voters’ sentiment.
Prevent election interferance and maintain Canadian democracy and sovereignty
Federal Parlimentarry petition initiated by Charlie Angus to declare Donald Trump a persona non grata in Canada. Open until March 22, 2025
Federal Parlimentary petition initiated by Charlie Angus to revoke Elon Musk’s dual citizenship. Open until June 20, 2025
Federal Parlimentary petition initiated by Charlie Angus to ban Twitter/X in Canada for elction interference. Open until May 21, 2025
Proclaim the Coastal Protection Act
Download, print off and collect signatures. There are 15 spaces per page. Please do not alter the petition in any way!
Signature collection guidelines for the petition can be found here
Claudia Chender, Leader of the NS-NDP will table the petition during the Fall sitting of the Nova Scotia Legislature.
The Coastal Protection Act was unanimously passed in 2019 with the goal to:
“…protect the Province’s coast for future generations by preventing development and activity in locations adjacent to the coast that
(a) damage the environment by interfering with the natural dynamic and shifting nature of the coast; or
(b) put residences and buildings at risk of damage or destruction from sea-level rise, coastal flooding, storm surges and coastal erosion.”
Yet, in February 2024, after 5 years of consultation, this Act was not legislated. Instead Tim Halman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change in the Tim Houston PC Government, ignored the overwhelming public support for the Act and devised a plan that would transfer responsibility of Nova Scotia’s coastline to property owners, developers and municipalities.
Petition to protect 2 new proposed wilderness areas
SOOF has launched a new petition calling upon the Government of Nova Scotia to designate for protection Beals Brook and Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Areas, two areas of 3900 hectares each on Crown land in Annapolis County.
We are working on getting petitions into stores and businesses – if you have a business and would be willing to host a display please get in touch!
Call for volunteers! We need your help to collect as many signatures as we can!! Please download and print out a petition (or two) and talk to friends, neighbours, family and co-workers .
Click here for the “Protect Wilderness Areas” petition
Save Our Old Forests petition
The Save Our Old Forest petitions are organised by county. This means that the petition will be tabled 17 times by the MLA representing the 17 counties of Nova Scotia.
If you would like to organise a petiton drive in your county or would like to collect signatures, please follow this link to the SOOF website for information.
Save Our Old Forests (SOOF) petition to the Provincial Government. SOOF is asking the Provincial Government to pause clearcutting until old growth forests can be identified for protection. The petition is organised per county. Click here to be re-directed to the SOOF petition page, where you can download a petition for your own county. (signatures for NS legislature must be hand written)
Collective letter to elected representatives to save Sandy Lake
We cant forget that beautiful Sandy Lake is still in the Housing Task Force crosshairs. This is yet another special planning area in Bedford- planned for the park extension- an area of old growth forests and a rich diversity of wild life.
Ecology Action Center has provided an automated letter here: https://ecologyaction.ca/SaveSandyLake...
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Collective letter to Canadian Minister of Natural Resources
Canada and industry report on the amount of wood logged annually but fail to track the cumulative impacts of logging year after year, such as the loss of primary and old-growth forests.
Canada also fails to report on whether or not logging is adequately upholding Indigenous rights, such as the right to free, prior and informed consent.
Let’s make sure Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson knows we’re paying attention
This link will take you to the letter. It only takes a minute to fill in your information.
Tell The Province to Amend the Provincial Parks Act!
Follow this link to the on-line form letter that the The Ecology Action Center has designed. This is a quick and easy way to urge Premier Tim Houston, Minister Tory Rushton and Minister Tim Halman to amend the Provincial Parks Act so that concerned citizens do not have to fight development on parkland and are assured that Nova Scotia’s protected areas will actually be protected.