The petition is now closed. Thanks to all who took the time to sign the petition and post comments. Though the CBC Radio Orchestra's life was ended by CBC Radio, the orchestra has been reincarnated in a new form: the National Broadcast Orchestra of Canada - Orchestre national de diffusion du Canada.
Dear Mark Steinmetz and CBC Radio, Prime Minister Harper, Members of Parliament, and the Minister of Canadian Heritage. We the undersigned want the CBC Radio Orchestra saved. We believe that the orchestra is an integral part of Canada's mosaic and an important contributor to Canada's unique and rich cultural heritage. Our Canada includes the CBC Radio Orchestra!
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Gary Smith
James Pybus
Why destroy a national icon? As a Music Educator and devoted CBC listener for over 40 years, I feel this decision is short-sighted and frankly weak kneed. I strongly urge you to reconsider. Thanks.
James M. Grayson
This is one of the very few options for decent music; don\'t destroy it!
Ruth
The cbc orchestra has been an encouraging orchestra for people like me to get involved in other orchestra\'s. My only question is: Why? Why are you taking the Canadian wide orchestra away from everything we know?
Allan McIntosh
MJ
Save the CBC Radio Orchestra!!!!!
Margaret Larrass
Classical composers are loved worldwide because their music creates a positive effect on people. We need more, not less of that today. CBC makes this music accessible to all during the day, cultivating the listener. Support their work!
Ken Symes
John E.Taylor
I cannot think of anything more idiotic that the cbc could do than to discontinue the cbc orchestra and,under the guise of \"reprogramming\", permit the same drivel heard on many of the commercial radio programs today
marilynsinclair
Joel Xavier
Laura Adlers
Tim Vining
Classical music deserves a prominent place in CBC radio and your recent proposals erode public support for public radio!
Charlotte Cross
Without culture, who are we? And how better to preserve our classical heritage than with our own talent available throughout Canada. Wisdom and common sense dictate the necessity for the preservation of our CBC Radio Orchestra.
john eacott
Oh no! Oh no! Radio 2 was my only decent station. No more \"Disk Drive\" ? Woe is me.
Robyn Hunter
Why would you dump culture?
Danelle Richards
Please don\'t encourage a generation of musically illiterate children by cutbacks to the CBC orchestra.
Breanna Branson
T. Brian Mosgrovre
Whatever happened to tradition?
Deborah Lennie
Orrine Keith
Hwei-Jin Liu
My husband and I listen to CBC Radio Orchestra EVERYDAY we are in Canada.
Kathleen Lush
peter r. prince
leah stasik
Eric Buchmann
David Lacalamita
I am your \"target\" audience: a 20-something year old who is in to Canadian Indie music and I am telling you that this is a mistake. Consider me a former CBC listener should classical stop being played.
Barbara Wilson
Fred Lepinskie
As a lifelong CBC listener I find this a very sad and misguided step.What can we do but register our anger at this (political) blunder.
David Clemens
The CBC has been the only reliable source of classical music on air uninterrupted by commercials. The CBC Radio Orchestra is a venerable institution representing the whole country and should be preserved.
Gudrun O\'Flynn
It is shameful that OUR radio station has to bow to the fad of the day. Whatever happened to the CBC as a cultural institution that elevates and connects people?
Celeste Bernakevitch
Melanie Gluska
Christine Rogers
Jerry Barenholtz
Vicky Roy
Kathleen Tanner
Susanne Skarpnes
zach macneil
Mr and Mrs. W. Ian Walker
This is nothing but a sheer outrage. This decision has to be reverted! The CBC Orchestra is the life blood to future artists getting their start and obtaining international status! Don\'t do this to our recording and instrumental artists!!
Hugh D. McLean
Cultural heritage such as the CBC Radio Orchestra has a value to the nation that cannot be expressed in mere dollar figures. The cost of maintaining it is nominal when one looks at what it returns to the listener.
Helen McNab
marlene aikins
Disbanning of real music so that more junk noise can be heard over the air waves, is quite frankly a step backwards.
Jordan Jongstra
keep cbc worth listening to. don\'t \"fix\" what far from ever being broken
David Fedoruk
I see that the cost of the orchestra is about that which you pay one or more of your high priced on air hosts. This orchestra is worth more that than they are. Cancel those hosts, not our orchestra!
Ursel Glass
I like my classical station, please don\'t change it.
Barbara M. Brown
How can we hope to have influence in world affairs if our country cannot defend a single, national CBC orchestra? Shame!
marrie de vries
Emma Keith
The CBC Radio Orchestra belongs to the people of Canada and we hold it close to our hearts as it is a premiere cultural insititution.
Virginia Downes
James Pybus
Why destroy a national icon? As a Music Educator and devoted CBC listener for over 40 years, I feel this decision is short-sighted and frankly weak kneed. I strongly urge you to reconsider. Thanks.
James M. Grayson
This is one of the very few options for decent music; don\'t destroy it!
Ruth
The cbc orchestra has been an encouraging orchestra for people like me to get involved in other orchestra\'s. My only question is: Why? Why are you taking the Canadian wide orchestra away from everything we know?
Allan McIntosh
MJ
Save the CBC Radio Orchestra!!!!!
Margaret Larrass
Classical composers are loved worldwide because their music creates a positive effect on people. We need more, not less of that today. CBC makes this music accessible to all during the day, cultivating the listener. Support their work!
Ken Symes
John E.Taylor
I cannot think of anything more idiotic that the cbc could do than to discontinue the cbc orchestra and,under the guise of \"reprogramming\", permit the same drivel heard on many of the commercial radio programs today
marilynsinclair
Joel Xavier
Laura Adlers
Tim Vining
Classical music deserves a prominent place in CBC radio and your recent proposals erode public support for public radio!
Charlotte Cross
Without culture, who are we? And how better to preserve our classical heritage than with our own talent available throughout Canada. Wisdom and common sense dictate the necessity for the preservation of our CBC Radio Orchestra.
john eacott
Oh no! Oh no! Radio 2 was my only decent station. No more \"Disk Drive\" ? Woe is me.
Robyn Hunter
Why would you dump culture?
Danelle Richards
Please don\'t encourage a generation of musically illiterate children by cutbacks to the CBC orchestra.
Breanna Branson
T. Brian Mosgrovre
Whatever happened to tradition?
Deborah Lennie
Orrine Keith
Hwei-Jin Liu
My husband and I listen to CBC Radio Orchestra EVERYDAY we are in Canada.
Kathleen Lush
peter r. prince
leah stasik
Eric Buchmann
David Lacalamita
I am your \"target\" audience: a 20-something year old who is in to Canadian Indie music and I am telling you that this is a mistake. Consider me a former CBC listener should classical stop being played.
Barbara Wilson
Fred Lepinskie
As a lifelong CBC listener I find this a very sad and misguided step.What can we do but register our anger at this (political) blunder.
David Clemens
The CBC has been the only reliable source of classical music on air uninterrupted by commercials. The CBC Radio Orchestra is a venerable institution representing the whole country and should be preserved.
Gudrun O\'Flynn
It is shameful that OUR radio station has to bow to the fad of the day. Whatever happened to the CBC as a cultural institution that elevates and connects people?
Celeste Bernakevitch
Melanie Gluska
Christine Rogers
Jerry Barenholtz
Vicky Roy
Kathleen Tanner
Susanne Skarpnes
zach macneil
Mr and Mrs. W. Ian Walker
This is nothing but a sheer outrage. This decision has to be reverted! The CBC Orchestra is the life blood to future artists getting their start and obtaining international status! Don\'t do this to our recording and instrumental artists!!
Hugh D. McLean
Cultural heritage such as the CBC Radio Orchestra has a value to the nation that cannot be expressed in mere dollar figures. The cost of maintaining it is nominal when one looks at what it returns to the listener.
Helen McNab
marlene aikins
Disbanning of real music so that more junk noise can be heard over the air waves, is quite frankly a step backwards.
Jordan Jongstra
keep cbc worth listening to. don\'t \"fix\" what far from ever being broken
David Fedoruk
I see that the cost of the orchestra is about that which you pay one or more of your high priced on air hosts. This orchestra is worth more that than they are. Cancel those hosts, not our orchestra!
Ursel Glass
I like my classical station, please don\'t change it.
Barbara M. Brown
How can we hope to have influence in world affairs if our country cannot defend a single, national CBC orchestra? Shame!
marrie de vries
Emma Keith
The CBC Radio Orchestra belongs to the people of Canada and we hold it close to our hearts as it is a premiere cultural insititution.
Virginia Downes
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