The petition 

e-7846 is now published and open for signatures.

House of Commons e-petition e-7846 reads as follows:

The Education and Training Benefit (ETB) is earned through military service and is intended to assist Canadian Armed Forces Veterans in pursuing education, training and post-service opportunities;

The current ETB framework can restrict access to legitimate technical, vocational, professional and industry training through distinctions between Formal Programs and Short Courses, provider and credential requirements, and substantially different funding limits;

Veterans may also face barriers arising from taxation of ETB payments, application and approval timelines, and the loss of usable eligibility time while participating in VAC rehabilitation; and

Military service affects Veterans and their families, while unused ETB entitlement currently cannot be transferred to a spouse, common-law partner or child.

"We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to reform the Education and Training Benefit to:

  1. Establish one flexible entitlement allowing approved formal, technical, vocational, professional, certified and industry-recognized education and training, including multiple programs or courses, to draw from a Veteran’s available ETB entitlement;
  2. Permit Veterans to transfer unused ETB entitlement to an eligible spouse, common-law partner or child for approved education and training;
  3. Make ETB education and training payments non-taxable and, where federally possible, exclude them from unrelated income-tested federal calculations;
  4. Ensure a substantially complete application submitted before training begins preserves eligibility while VAC adjudicates it, with reasonable exceptions for circumstances outside the Veteran’s control;
  5. Protect usable ETB eligibility time where participation in VAC rehabilitation prevents reasonable use of the benefit; and
  6. Review the ETB's existing service thresholds, particularly their application to Reserve Force service, and examine a graduated entitlement model that more proportionately recognizes qualifying service below and between the existing thresholds."

Signing the official e-petition

Current Status:

House of Commons e-petition e-7846 is now open for signatures.

The petition has been published by the House of Commons and will remain open for signatures for 120 days.

Canadian citizens and residents of Canada may sign the petition through the official House of Commons petitions website. If e-7846 receives at least 500 valid signatures, it can be certified and presented to the House of Commons.

Signing takes place through the official parliamentary e-petition system.

How you can help

Sign e-7846 through the official House of Commons petitions website, then help put it in front of other Canadians.

Share the petition with Veterans, serving Canadian Armed Forces members, military families, Veterans organizations and others who support improving education and training opportunities for Veterans.

You can also contact your Member of Parliament and ask them to review the six proposed reforms and support meaningful examination of the Education and Training Benefit.

Every valid signature helps move e-7846 toward certification and presentation in the House of Commons.

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