The campaign to rescue BioWare has officially gone political. Canadian fans of Mass Effect have launched a petition asking their government to step in and fund the storied RPG studio — and per Kotaku, the #SaveMassEffect movement has now collected enough signatures to put its grievances before the Canadian House of Commons.

It is an unusual escalation for a fan campaign. Petitions to publishers are standard fare when a beloved studio hits hard times; petitions to a national legislature asking for direct government support of a game developer are not. The effort, first reported by VGC, frames BioWare as a cultural institution worth public backing rather than just another corporate asset.

Whether Ottawa has any appetite to intervene is another question entirely. But the move shows how far fans are willing to go for the studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age — and it guarantees BioWare's situation will get at least one more airing on a very public stage. The timing carries extra weight for the community, with the signatures landing right around N7 Day, the series' annual fan celebration.