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  • Stop Highway Robbery

    Stop Highway Robbery

    Stop the Gauteng toll system. We the undersigned demand that the Gauteng highway toll system be halted. The principle of tolling existing urban roads is wrong. The costs are too high. It has been calculated that the cost to each highway user will amount to the same as an increase of R4.95 a litre.

    91,610 Signatures
  • Petition to remove Tin Pei Ling as a MP

    Petition to remove Tin Pei Ling as a MP

    To Ms Tin Pei Ling:We all strongly believe that you, Ms Tin Pei Ling does not have what it takes to be a Member of Parliament but you are in Parliament because of the flaws in the Group Representative Constituency system. Many more qualified candidates from both the Opposition and from the PAP have...

    19,920 Signatures
  • Save The Beaver

    Save The Beaver

    This week, as widely reported in the media on October 28, Senator Nicole Eaton called for a change in Canada's national symbol, forsaking the beaver in favour of the polar bear. This has led to an intense debate and Roots is anything but indifferent.As Joe expressed so memorably in Molson's "I Am Canadian...

    9,171 Signatures
  • Let Muslims Pray In Schools

    Let Muslims Pray In Schools

    The purpose of this petition is to protest the groups that call for the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) to repeal Friday Prayers at Valley Park Middle School and in all other schools in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).. I urge you all and your family members to please sign this, and then pass...

    7,646 Signatures
  • Protect Pennsylvania's Land, Water and Future!

    Protect Pennsylvania's Land, Water and Future!

    Let your voice be heard!  Sign this petition with your name, zip code and email!Pennsylvania’s land, water and air are facing significant threats and impacts due to drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale.  Because of this, the Commonwealth should be increasing, not decreasing...

    7,556 Signatures
  • Save Wrexham & Shropshire rail service

    Save Wrexham & Shropshire rail service

    Today it was announced that in two days time on the 28th January the Wrexham & Shropshire rail line will be closing down (http://www.wrexhamandshropshire.co.uk/news-item.php?id=131).How can it be that a railway service much needed and so highly praised - attaining exceptional customer satisfaction standards...

    7,474 Signatures
  • Help Fred

    Help Fred

    FRED Collett is a true blue Aussie war hero. But the Federal Government has turned its back on the 100 year old WWII digger in his moment of need. He escaped a POW camp by rowing a boat "full of bullet holes" from Mainland Greece to the island of Crete in April 1941 to warn of Germany's advance.But...

    6,757 Signatures
  • Save the Hawaii County Band

    Save the Hawaii County Band

    Please help save the Hawaii County Band.The Hawaii County Band, which is part of the Parks & Recreation Department of County of Hawaii, has just been informed that they will not be funded after June 30, 2010, thereby effectively ending a 127 year Big Island of Hawaii tradition. The Mayor and the Parks...

    6,412 Signatures
  • Redevelopment of Sheffield City Airport

    Redevelopment of Sheffield City Airport

    In light of the fast-developing Advanced Manufacturing Park, the associated high-tech businesses along the Sheffield / Rotherham border and the newly-announced Local Enterprise Zone, the FSB believes that further urgent consideration be given to the potential for the future of commercial aviation in...

    5,720 Signatures
  • Liberté d'expression et soutien à Zemmour et Ménard

    Liberté d'expression et soutien à Zemmour et Mé...

    Maintenant ils ne bloqueront plus cette pétition ...REJOIGNEZ NOTRE CAMPAGNE NATIONALE ET SIGNEZ POUR NOS LIBERTES ! ***Le texte de la pétition pour la liberté  : Les appels à la censure et à la répression de SOS-Racisme et du MRAP, accompagn&...

    5,574 Signatures
  • Charity Gaming Needs OLG Slots

    Charity Gaming Needs OLG Slots

    Yes, I want the Ontario government to allow charity gaming facilities (Bingo Halls) to get OLG slot machines now. This will help the 2,800 Ontario charities who depend on this revenue to meet the growing needs of people in their communities.Email us (it’s the best way): win@SlotsOfReasons.com...

    5,082 Signatures
  • Close Eritrean Consulate in Toronto

    Close Eritrean Consulate in Toronto

    Close Eritrean Consulate in TorontoThe Eritrean consulate in Toronto has been extorting Eritrean-Canadian citizens, community centers and churches to collect money in violation Canadian and International laws for many years. The illegal action of the consulate has been verified by the UN Monitoring...

    4,835 Signatures
  • Save Newport Passport Office

    Save Newport Passport Office

    The ConDem Government has thrown down the gauntlet by announcing the closure of the Newport Passport Office.  This is just one of many  devasting cuts we will see in the public sector.  The closure of the office will mean the loss of 300 jobs in an already deprived area of South Wales...

    4,377 Signatures
  • NON au financement public des associations qui nous bâillonnent !

    NON au financement public des associations qui nous...

    SOS-RACISME, MRAP, LICRA... ILS NOUS BAILLONNENT ! Pour nous empêcher d'exprimer nos inquiétudes, nos souffrances face aux conséquences de l'immigration, aux abus, aux violences que nous subissons chaque jour, ces organisations, dont la légitimité est inversement...

    3,799 Signatures
  • Expel the Consul, Ban The 2% Taxation Practice In Canada

    Expel the Consul, Ban The 2% Taxation Practice In...

    Expel the Consul, Close the Eritrean Consulate In Toronto and Ban The 2% Taxation Practice in Canada The Canadian Government recently demanded that the Eritrean Consulate in Toronto stop collecting the 2% extortion tax from Eritrean Canadians. The Eritrean Ministry of Foreign Affairs also confirmed...

    3,758 Signatures
  • Referendum on the bank debt crisis

    Referendum on the bank debt crisis

    Should Irish taxpayers be made to pay for the private debts of Irish banks? The interest rate payments alone on the loan from the EU/IMF will be 85% of total tax income for 2010 by the end of next year. This will only lead to a default on sovereign debt. The only way we can stop this from happening...

    3,689 Signatures
  • Don’t let Canada Leave Australia Behind over the Diamond Jubilee Medal

    Don’t let Canada Leave Australia Behind over the...

    To the Prime Minister, the Premiers, the Chief Ministers and the Leaders of Her Majesty's Oppositions in the Commonwealth of Australia:On 6 February 2012 Queen Elizabeth II will have reigned for 60 years.Her Majesty, who has already reigned over us for more than one half of the life of the Commonwealth...

    3,418 Signatures
  • Save BETA Nightclub

    Save BETA Nightclub

    We reached our goal of 1000 signatures in 1 hour. Thank-you all. The more the better. Lets go for 2000 now! Within 12 hours we reached our goal of 2000 signatures! Now on to 3000 :DBETA Nightclub applied for its Liquor license in June 2010. Since November BETA has been open for 36 shows that have included...

    3,413 Signatures
  • Israel's right to protect its citizens from rocket and missile attacks

    Israel's right to protect its citizens from rocket...

    We, the Undersigned, from all parts of the international community, call upon the Ban-Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, and its members to view it as their public duty:1. To come out with a clear and unequivocal condemnation of:The supply of armaments for the Hamas terrorist organization...

    2,969 Signatures
  • Petition to remove Tin Pei Ling as a MP

    Petition to remove Tin Pei Ling as a MP

    Objective Of This PetitionPARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT(CHAPTER 218)Prohibition of canvassing on polling day and eve of polling day80. —(1)   No person shall on polling day and the eve of polling day at an election in an electoral division —(a) by word, message, writing or...

    2,937 Signatures
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