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e-3916 (Foreign affairs)
- Keywords
- Air defence
- Canadian Arctic sovereignty
- Canadian Forces
- Military weapons
- Russia
- Ukraine
- War
E-petition
Initiated by Ihor Palahnyuk from Burlington, Ontario
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- The Russian Federation has launched an unprovoked war against the people of Ukraine;
- The Russian Federation has committed multiple war crimes against the people of Ukraine, including crimes against peace and crimes against humanity;
- Russian President Putin has threatened all other nations, including Canada, that are assisting the people of Ukraine in their valiant defence of their country;
- Russian President Putin has put nuclear deterrent forces on alert, which is an unprecedented and dangerous escalation;
- The Russian Federation poses a great and immediate risk to Ukraine and her allies;
- Canada is home to 1.4 million citizens of Ukrainian decent and has a deep and unflinching commitment to the people of Ukraine, such as being the first country to recognize their independence in 1991;
- Ukraine has supported NATO’s operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq; and
- Ukraine also contributed to NATO's counter-piracy operation Ocean Shield.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
1. Provide direct military assistance and further lethal weapons and supplies to the defence of Ukraine;
2. Immediately put the Canadian Armed Forces on high operational readiness in case of rapid deployment;
3. Immediately urge NATO allies and Ukraine-friendly countries to close the airspace over Ukraine and deploy peacekeeping troops in Ukraine, and support the Ukrainian people; and
4. Immediately develop a plan to defend Canada's Arctic.
- Open for signature
- March 10, 2022, at 2:44 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- April 9, 2022, at 2:44 p.m. (EDT)
