e-642 (Organ transplants)
- Keywords
- C-316, An Act to amend the Canada Revenue Agency Act (organ donors)
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Data sharing
- Income tax returns
- Organ donation
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
- At any given time, well over 4,500 Canadians are awaiting a life-saving organ transplant and sadly about 250 will die each year waiting;
- More than 90% of Canadians support organ and tissue donation however less than 25% have formally expressed their intent to donate through their provincial organ donor registry programs;
- Each Canadian resident over the age of majority is already compelled to complete a legally-binding annual tax return; and
- A simple question on a tax return will effectively inform provincial organ donor registries of an individual's intent to donate thereby increasing organ and tissue donation awareness and donor rates across Canada.
- Open for signature
- November 2, 2016, at 11:50 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- March 2, 2017, at 11:50 a.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Tom Kmiec
(Calgary Shepard)
March 8, 2017 (Petition No. 421-01188) - Government response tabled
- March 23, 2017
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
---|---|
Alberta | 965 |
British Columbia | 285 |
Manitoba | 71 |
New Brunswick | 63 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 81 |
Northwest Territories | 2 |
Nova Scotia | 34 |
Nunavut | 1 |
Ontario | 553 |
Prince Edward Island | 26 |
Quebec | 54 |
Saskatchewan | 106 |
Yukon | 3 |