At Least 20 People Cleared Last Week. Petition Round 2 Is Now Live

Good news: at least 20 community members cleared security screening last week, and petition signatures clearly helped keep pressure on the issue. Round 2 of the petition officially opened today. This time the sponsor is Bardish Chagger, a former federal cabinet minister. She will take the petition directly into Parliament and question the government on it, which gives this round much more political weight than the first one. The first petition was mainly about getting public attention on long security-screening delays. This new round goes further and asks the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security to open a formal study. The core demands are: - Are current security-screening resources actually sufficient, or is the backlog a sign that staffing cannot handle the caseload? - Which department is accountable across the multi-agency process? The government cannot keep passing responsibility around. - Too many low-risk applicants are being repeatedly reviewed while higher-risk cases compete for the same limited resources. The process needs risk-based triage. - The entire workflow is still too opaque, so it should face independent oversight from the Auditor General's office or NSIRA. One line in the petition says it plainly: a high approval rate itself suggests resources are being wasted. Low-risk applicants are being over-screened, while the system may be missing where attention is actually needed. The signature window is only 30 days, from April 8, 2026 to May 8, 2026, with a target of 10,000 signatures. If it reaches the threshold, Parliament must issue a formal response. Petition link: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7341 Please sign and share it. This is not limited to PR applicants. Canadian citizens and residents can sign, so every forwarded message helps add pressure.