@mynameistillian I'm boosting/signing this, but the threshold is actually 50.000 signatures, not 5.000, and it's for the petitioner to speak before the commission publicly, not for the review. (You can petition them individually too, they'll still review I think. Though signatures are definitely going to help.)

That said, I don't think these generally do much. Well-organised change.org petitions are probably more impactful as far as getting them into politicians' hands in a meaningful way goes.

Edit: it's probably about the same, really, aside from a media occasion, since the latter are also likely to end up before the committee. According to their proceedings rules, they essentially sort all the petitions and bring them to the appropriate recipient department.