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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Quinn Macdonald
The beautiful tradition that would be lost with the disbandment of this orchestra is beyond words. Please keep this wonderful group.
Margaret Roberts
Clara Lee
I am 15 years old, and love classical music so much. I hope the CBC Radio Orchestra can exist forever.
Alicia Ault
Jessica Choi
Carol Crawford
Beverly Grubb
Laurie Atkinson
For some people music is all they have.
David Chesterton
A CBC Radiowithout its own orchestra implies a nation of observers listening to the music of other nations who have not lost that respect for their own identity.
Janet Gadeski
Take back your rightful place as a friend to music that touches mind, heart and soul. Save the orchestra and reverse those programming decisions!
Shirley Anderson
Keep the CBC Orchestra going until at least the Olympics. Then we would have a couple of years to reassess its worth to the community and Canada.
Jenna Jordison
please continue this significant part of Canadian heritage
David Eggert
The turn toward mass marketing on national airwaves is an air-headed move; Our music need not be dumbed down and light-headed in order for it to be a voice that speaks to and from the collective. Give Canadian musical culture its dignity back!
Shannon Thue-Pigott
June Hobart
I strongly protest the disbanding of the CBC Radio Orchestra.
Jan Jennings
Danny Lee
My name is Danny Lee(12 years old). I like listening to the classical music on the radio. I was so sad when I heard this terrible news. I don\'t want the classical music gone. Please don\'t take the classic music away from us.
Alison Keller
Please reconsider this decision. Canada needs all of its artists - and the CBC is our cultural backbone.
Winnie Yiu-Young
We must preserve the arts and culture, the backbone of our society, before it erodes any further! It can\'t be any lower in the totem pole than it already is.
Beverley R. Green
It\'s crazy to disband an orchestra that has maintained a high standard for many years--and costs so little. A million dollars is peanuts!
Susan Jones
Danica Hignell
Dan Sinclair
Please don\'t take away something that has provided so much pleasure to so many listeners over the years in order to cater to a potential audience that will remain just that...potential.
Daniel Barre
Let freedom sing from strings!!!
Jesse Sutherland
Hells no! Too many cuts in the CBC of late. Classical music is a wonderful salve to the world weary soul!
John G. Cowan
The CBC (television and radio) is my country\'s most vital cultural institution. Discarding this orchestra is another move in the direction of reducing the CBC to the point where the whole thing can be shut down in favour of commercial fluff.
Tom Currier
The letter is to protest in the strongest terms the CBC\'s cut to classical music programming on Radio 2. Our pop/jazz culture already gets huge support via mass marketing. Why waste tax dollars on music that we can\'t escape even if we want to?
Ruth Pincoe
Mr. G. Beattie
Remember that when artistic expression is withdrawn from public access yet another chunk of humanity is being removed from a society that seems less concerned with human aspects everyday. Save all things artistically related.
Carole Goldsmith
David Teichman
Lillian Tetreau
Cassia Parent
Jennifer Hanmore
Rod-Paul Martin
Elaine Hereford
CBC needs to rethink their priorities.
Lynn Kennedy
The death of the CBC Orchestra is yet one more consequence of our Canadian government refusing to commit the resources required to support the CBC and its mandate. The CBC matters to Canada in so many ways.
Kierstin Solie
Julie Freedman Smith
Jeremy Tusz
Kathryn Fullerton
Carol Simpson
Jovana Ivanovic
Kathy Kim
CBC orchestra is one of the Canadian cultural jewels. Destroying CBC orchestra is destroying our country\'s cultural inheritance.
Elizabeth Caskey
llnaiman@gmail.com
Classical music is an important part of our culture and I rely on CBC\'s classical music programming to stay sane and productive during my working day.
Elsie Leong
CBC should figure out how to promote the Orchestra more rather than cut it! Schools and youth in this country need to listen to the orchestra more than ever!
Nicole Mirante
Yay for the radio orchestra!
Marylin deVerteuil
Pattie Phillips
The beautiful tradition that would be lost with the disbandment of this orchestra is beyond words. Please keep this wonderful group.
Margaret Roberts
Clara Lee
I am 15 years old, and love classical music so much. I hope the CBC Radio Orchestra can exist forever.
Alicia Ault
Jessica Choi
Carol Crawford
Beverly Grubb
Laurie Atkinson
For some people music is all they have.
David Chesterton
A CBC Radiowithout its own orchestra implies a nation of observers listening to the music of other nations who have not lost that respect for their own identity.
Janet Gadeski
Take back your rightful place as a friend to music that touches mind, heart and soul. Save the orchestra and reverse those programming decisions!
Shirley Anderson
Keep the CBC Orchestra going until at least the Olympics. Then we would have a couple of years to reassess its worth to the community and Canada.
Jenna Jordison
please continue this significant part of Canadian heritage
David Eggert
The turn toward mass marketing on national airwaves is an air-headed move; Our music need not be dumbed down and light-headed in order for it to be a voice that speaks to and from the collective. Give Canadian musical culture its dignity back!
Shannon Thue-Pigott
June Hobart
I strongly protest the disbanding of the CBC Radio Orchestra.
Jan Jennings
Danny Lee
My name is Danny Lee(12 years old). I like listening to the classical music on the radio. I was so sad when I heard this terrible news. I don\'t want the classical music gone. Please don\'t take the classic music away from us.
Alison Keller
Please reconsider this decision. Canada needs all of its artists - and the CBC is our cultural backbone.
Winnie Yiu-Young
We must preserve the arts and culture, the backbone of our society, before it erodes any further! It can\'t be any lower in the totem pole than it already is.
Beverley R. Green
It\'s crazy to disband an orchestra that has maintained a high standard for many years--and costs so little. A million dollars is peanuts!
Susan Jones
Danica Hignell
Dan Sinclair
Please don\'t take away something that has provided so much pleasure to so many listeners over the years in order to cater to a potential audience that will remain just that...potential.
Daniel Barre
Let freedom sing from strings!!!
Jesse Sutherland
Hells no! Too many cuts in the CBC of late. Classical music is a wonderful salve to the world weary soul!
John G. Cowan
The CBC (television and radio) is my country\'s most vital cultural institution. Discarding this orchestra is another move in the direction of reducing the CBC to the point where the whole thing can be shut down in favour of commercial fluff.
Tom Currier
The letter is to protest in the strongest terms the CBC\'s cut to classical music programming on Radio 2. Our pop/jazz culture already gets huge support via mass marketing. Why waste tax dollars on music that we can\'t escape even if we want to?
Ruth Pincoe
Mr. G. Beattie
Remember that when artistic expression is withdrawn from public access yet another chunk of humanity is being removed from a society that seems less concerned with human aspects everyday. Save all things artistically related.
Carole Goldsmith
David Teichman
Lillian Tetreau
Cassia Parent
Jennifer Hanmore
Rod-Paul Martin
Elaine Hereford
CBC needs to rethink their priorities.
Lynn Kennedy
The death of the CBC Orchestra is yet one more consequence of our Canadian government refusing to commit the resources required to support the CBC and its mandate. The CBC matters to Canada in so many ways.
Kierstin Solie
Julie Freedman Smith
Jeremy Tusz
Kathryn Fullerton
Carol Simpson
Jovana Ivanovic
Kathy Kim
CBC orchestra is one of the Canadian cultural jewels. Destroying CBC orchestra is destroying our country\'s cultural inheritance.
Elizabeth Caskey
llnaiman@gmail.com
Classical music is an important part of our culture and I rely on CBC\'s classical music programming to stay sane and productive during my working day.
Elsie Leong
CBC should figure out how to promote the Orchestra more rather than cut it! Schools and youth in this country need to listen to the orchestra more than ever!
Nicole Mirante
Yay for the radio orchestra!
Marylin deVerteuil
Pattie Phillips
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