e-3303 (Environment)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- Canadians care deeply about the health of the ocean, and depend on a thriving ocean ecosystem;
- In 2019, over one million cruise ship passengers travelled off British Columbia on their way to Alaska;
- These ships generate significant amounts of pollutants that are harmful to human health, aquatic organisms and coastal ecosystems;
- Canada’s regulations under the Canada Shipping Act addressing the discharge of sewage and greywater are much less stringent than those in US Pacific coastal states;
- Canada permits sewage to be discharged with 18 times greater fecal coliform counts than does Alaska;
- Canada does not require that ships built before 2013 treat greywater discharges;
- 22 of the 25 cruise ships sailing off British Columbia in 2019 were built before 2013;
- The Salish Sea in Washington State is a no-discharge zone prohibiting the discharge of sewage in order to protect public health, water quality, and sensitive marine resources;
- Canada has zero no-discharge zones off British Columbia;
- Canada does not require third party independent observers on board cruise ships as is required by Alaska; and
- Canada’s less stringent regulations encourage cruise ships to discharge their waste off British Columbia.
- Open for signature
- March 31, 2021, at 9:55 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- April 30, 2021, at 9:55 a.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Gord Johns
(Courtenay—Alberni)
May 13, 2021 (Petition No. 432-00965)
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 194 |
British Columbia | 893 |
Manitoba | 68 |
New Brunswick | 26 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 11 |
Northwest Territories | 1 |
Nova Scotia | 50 |
Ontario | 962 |
Prince Edward Island | 4 |
Quebec | 216 |
Saskatchewan | 33 |
Yukon | 8 |