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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Anne Glover
The CBC Orchestra is vital to culture in Canada. Culture in Canada is vital to life in Canada!!
Lyn Strobehn
D Jill Johnstone
Jennifer Driscoll-Holmes
Andrew Orin Rosengren
please don\'t \"mediocratize\" the CBC any further
Paul Almond, O.C.
John Burge
Darby Gantefoer
I\'m 27 and there\'s always been CBC. We are a nation and CBC is our NATIONAL way of further educating ourselves and others to what we are proud to call our home, Canada.
dick knight
Barbara McDavid
We love it! Please keep the CBC Radio Orchestra. It is a venerable, excellent orchestra and it deserves to be heard for many years to come. These are my tax dollars at work. Thank you! Barbara McDavid
David Huntley
The orchestra is a very important part of our cultural heritage. Its loss, along with many other changes planned by the CBC, is obviously part of a plan to emasculate the culture of classical music in Canada. A country is nothing without its culture.
Byron Henze
Richard Butterick
I like the CBC and since I\'m paying for it I do not want some TWIT telling me that I\'ll get screaming pop tarts and twanging guitars. We can get that rubbish 24/7 anywhere in the world for free...
Dorothy Fairholm
It is easy to destroy what works well, but much harder (and more expensive!) to recreate it.
Penny Longley
CBC classical programming must be preserved.
David E. Burke
Lynne Rose
Richard Stursberg, head of English CBC TV & Radio, after effectively killing CBC tv production, has turned his attention to CBC Radio. Perhaps Mr. Stursberg should go.
Peggy MacKenzie
This is a wonderful orchestra and it is disgusting to learn that it is supposed to just end!! Thanks to the Harper Government!
Kevin Ryan
Malcolm McPhee
Hugh J McLean
Here in Central Florida one often hears on Public Radio fine recordings made by the CBC Vancouver Orchestra. What proud experiences for retired Canadians such as myself!
David Nelson
Lynn McIntosh
We have to keep our orchestra!!!
Nancy McGregor
Evelina Pan
save the cbc orchestra -- it\'s ours!
Mark von Eschen
Jio Park
Vivian Liu
Graig Robertson
The CBC is owned by the people. Why should we be paying the salary of people who insist on erroding our culture? Fire them and keep the Orchestra.
jack downs
Susan Flynn
This orchestra is very important in supporting Canadian composers and commissioning new Canadian works. And it plays to sold out houses! It and Alain Trudel are treasures we can\'t afford to lose.
Louise Yont
Elizabeth Lutz
CBC Radio Orchestra is the voice and the forum for our Canadian classical composers. Please let our unique voice live, support our Canadian cultural identity in the classical genre.
Wolfgang Lindemann
Our government subsidizes major corporations at our expense and quality of life. Are they far more important than the arts? Wake up and listen to the music.
Anne Walker
Nancy Anne Mingus
Ann Feyrer
Julia Millen
Sonja DE Pauw
Dave Jensen
Marcie Jensen
Fazia Ackbarali
Jayne Lewis
Kazuko Saito
Dave Amos
Wake up CBC.
Hazel Muir
Robert Jensen
I am very concerned that one more valuable Canadian institution is being sacrificed. I speak from a CBC listener’s point of view as well as a parent of two university trained musicians who\'s career path has been narrowed by this move.
Livia D.H
As one of the few high school students who listen to the CBC at all, I think classical music is very important. As one of the few (or possibly last) radio orchestras in North America, this is something of our heritage.
John Wodak
Laski Chung
The CBC Orchestra is vital to culture in Canada. Culture in Canada is vital to life in Canada!!
Lyn Strobehn
D Jill Johnstone
Jennifer Driscoll-Holmes
Andrew Orin Rosengren
please don\'t \"mediocratize\" the CBC any further
Paul Almond, O.C.
John Burge
Darby Gantefoer
I\'m 27 and there\'s always been CBC. We are a nation and CBC is our NATIONAL way of further educating ourselves and others to what we are proud to call our home, Canada.
dick knight
Barbara McDavid
We love it! Please keep the CBC Radio Orchestra. It is a venerable, excellent orchestra and it deserves to be heard for many years to come. These are my tax dollars at work. Thank you! Barbara McDavid
David Huntley
The orchestra is a very important part of our cultural heritage. Its loss, along with many other changes planned by the CBC, is obviously part of a plan to emasculate the culture of classical music in Canada. A country is nothing without its culture.
Byron Henze
Richard Butterick
I like the CBC and since I\'m paying for it I do not want some TWIT telling me that I\'ll get screaming pop tarts and twanging guitars. We can get that rubbish 24/7 anywhere in the world for free...
Dorothy Fairholm
It is easy to destroy what works well, but much harder (and more expensive!) to recreate it.
Penny Longley
CBC classical programming must be preserved.
David E. Burke
Lynne Rose
Richard Stursberg, head of English CBC TV & Radio, after effectively killing CBC tv production, has turned his attention to CBC Radio. Perhaps Mr. Stursberg should go.
Peggy MacKenzie
This is a wonderful orchestra and it is disgusting to learn that it is supposed to just end!! Thanks to the Harper Government!
Kevin Ryan
Malcolm McPhee
Hugh J McLean
Here in Central Florida one often hears on Public Radio fine recordings made by the CBC Vancouver Orchestra. What proud experiences for retired Canadians such as myself!
David Nelson
Lynn McIntosh
We have to keep our orchestra!!!
Nancy McGregor
Evelina Pan
save the cbc orchestra -- it\'s ours!
Mark von Eschen
Jio Park
Vivian Liu
Graig Robertson
The CBC is owned by the people. Why should we be paying the salary of people who insist on erroding our culture? Fire them and keep the Orchestra.
jack downs
Susan Flynn
This orchestra is very important in supporting Canadian composers and commissioning new Canadian works. And it plays to sold out houses! It and Alain Trudel are treasures we can\'t afford to lose.
Louise Yont
Elizabeth Lutz
CBC Radio Orchestra is the voice and the forum for our Canadian classical composers. Please let our unique voice live, support our Canadian cultural identity in the classical genre.
Wolfgang Lindemann
Our government subsidizes major corporations at our expense and quality of life. Are they far more important than the arts? Wake up and listen to the music.
Anne Walker
Nancy Anne Mingus
Ann Feyrer
Julia Millen
Sonja DE Pauw
Dave Jensen
Marcie Jensen
Fazia Ackbarali
Jayne Lewis
Kazuko Saito
Dave Amos
Wake up CBC.
Hazel Muir
Robert Jensen
I am very concerned that one more valuable Canadian institution is being sacrificed. I speak from a CBC listener’s point of view as well as a parent of two university trained musicians who\'s career path has been narrowed by this move.
Livia D.H
As one of the few high school students who listen to the CBC at all, I think classical music is very important. As one of the few (or possibly last) radio orchestras in North America, this is something of our heritage.
John Wodak
Laski Chung
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