44th Parliament207Open for signatureMarch 22, 2024e-4820e-4820 (Foreign affairs)LoriKennedyHeatherMcPhersonEdmonton StrathconaNDPABMarch 22, 2024, at 4:54 p.m. (EDT)April 21, 2024, at 4:54 p.m. (EDT)Petition to the <Addressee type="3" affiliationId="" mp-riding-display="1">Government of Canada</Addressee>Whereas:The Russian Federation attacked Ukraine in 2014 and launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 in violation of international law;On April 27, 2022 the Government of Canada unanimously declared that the Russian Federation is committing acts of genocide against the Ukrainian people;There is extensive evidence that the Russian Federation continues to perpetrate horrific acts of violence against Ukrainians, (including but not limited to rape, torture, and murder) in order to force Ukraine to surrender their sovereign territory;The conduct of the Russian Federation against Ukraine meets the definition of terrorism set out in section 83.01(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada; andReasonable grounds exist to believe that the Russian Federation is a state supporter of terrorism.We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to add the Russian Federation to the List of Foreign State Supporters of Terrorism.RussiaSupporters of terrorismUkraineWar44th Parliament207Open for signatureMarch 8, 2024e-4850e-4850 (National defence and military operations)RachelDunleavyHeatherMcPhersonEdmonton StrathconaNDPABMarch 8, 2024, at 2:54 p.m. (EDT)July 6, 2024, at 2:54 p.m. (EDT)Petition to the <Addressee type="4" affiliationId="263831" mp-riding-display="1">Minister of Finance</Addressee>Whereas:The Canadian military family is the "strength behind the uniform";Civilian spouses/partners of military members are enlisted through their relationship to support combat operations and are the strength behind the uniformed family;Approximately 85% of civilian spouses/partners of Regular Forces members are female;Relationship difficulties is the most common reason to seek assistance at a Military Family Resource Centre;Intimate partner violence is higher within military populations than among non-military;Separation and divorce are higher among ill and injured military members;On average, military members experience between one to more than 10 relocation postings, every one to four years, during their career;Military relocations are paid for at government expense, which includes the cost of relocating civilian dependents of the military members;An estimated 18,500 military members are relocated in annual postings, impacting 10,000 families, resulting in civilian spouses/partners experiencing social, occupational, and spiritual consequences;At government expense, a military member is entitled to a final move upon retirement/release from service and upon the dissolution of civilian-military marriage/common-law relationships, when the couple is posted outside of Canada, the civilian spouse/partner is returned to Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Canada; andThere is currently no government support to relocated the civilian spouse/partner to their desired residence upon the dissolution of civilian-military marriage/common-law relationships.We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to provide the civilian spouse/partner a final relocation within Canada, upon the dissolution of a civilian-military marriage/common-law relationship, at government expense.Canadian ForcesMoving and storage servicesSpouses44th Parliament207Open for signatureJanuary 29, 2024e-4765e-4765 (Foreign affairs)MichaelLawsonHeatherMcPhersonEdmonton StrathconaNDPABJanuary 29, 2024, at 11:52 a.m. (EDT)March 29, 2024, at 11:52 a.m. (EDT)Petition to the <Addressee type="3" affiliationId="" mp-riding-display="1">Government of Canada</Addressee>Whereas:More than five million people are estimated to be internally displaced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as a result of violence and a resurgent, multi-faceted conflict;The inadequate response of the international humanitarian sector, including donor countries like Canada, to this emergency has left people across the Congolese provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri exposed to disease outbreaks and continued violence – including alarming levels of sexual violence targeting women and children;More than 400,000 people who have been displaced in North Kivu alone have sought refuge at various camps around Goma, the provincial capital, and the nearby town of Sake, where living conditions are dire and humanitarian services are insufficient despite the proximity of many international humanitarian agencies; andCanada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy compels Canada’s government to prioritize the needs of women and girls affected by humanitarian crises more generally, and to mitigate the human impact of sexual and gender-based violence more specifically.We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to: 1. Increase Canada’s international humanitarian assistance budget for Democratic Republic of Congo in 2024, so that additional funds can be allocated in response to the acute crisis taking place in North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri, without reallocating funding from other urgent needs in the country; and2. Use all Canada’s available diplomatic and political tools (including its Feminist International Assistance Policy) to help alleviate the suffering of those affected by this crisis.Democratic Republic of the CongoHumanitarian assistance and workers