Save CBC Orchestra - All Petition Signatories

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!

12271 signatories since April 1, 2008 | 50 signatories per page

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Deidre Lynch
Please reconsider. The CBC orchestra seems to belong to Canada in a way that the various city orchestras do not.

Mari-Anne Emmons

David Duff
Canadians, who have listened to CBC Radio 2 with much loyalty and enjoyment, have given up in disgust. The CBC Radio Orchestra is a part of Canadian Culture the the CBC is UNIQUELY positioned to encourage. Cutting classical programming LOSES listeners!

Joe O\'Leary
Stay unique. Forget what others have done, in this regard.

Jonathan Schaer
CBC is my favorite radio station. Please let it remain so.

chris hashimoto
It is a comforting part of our heritage

Paul Andrew Philbert

Danielle Massaar

Ms. Bernie M. Walsh
We must fiercly guard and preserve those institutions and programs which guarantee some semblance of civilized society in incresingly uncivilized world. Bernie M. Walsh Miramichi, NB

Katy Yelovich
What would I do with my daily dose of classical music??? Never listen to the CBC ever again!!!!

fillon audrey

Hannah Bild
Please do not destroy something that brings so much enjoyment to others.

Myrna Seeber

Michelle Matthews

Gerry Matthews

Anthony Castro
I cannot envision the CBC I know an love without an orchestra. Please do not destroy such a rich part of our heritage.

Nadia Peressini

Danielle Benton

Elizabeth Keeble
Please reconsider this ill considered move. The CBC and its orchestra is a wonderfully Canadian institution and we must protect it with every fiber of our being.

Wendy Dayton

Kerstin Aivazian

Andy Huang

Emlyn Stam
Devastating loss. Radio orchestras are a long standing tradition in Europe and had also gained a foothold in Canada because of the CBC. A radio orchestra is a vital part of a country\'s musical culture.

Mark Dickens

Bryan Hamman
I understand that city orchestras have much capacity but the CBC orchestra has a special role that those orchestras cannot fulfill.

Herbert Nixon

L. J. Lorenson
We need BC BC musicians to do serious music.

Lester Lorenson
This is a vital part of Radio 2.

Allen Mitchell

Randy Gallagher

Jill Oppenheimer

Reva Hollander

Gillian Alexander

Virginia Soronow

Tyler Lawson
This is a piece of our Canadian heritage.

Donna L. Buchan

Hilary Norman

Jemima Stein

Zenia Cheng
It\'s a real SHAME to disband the only remaining radio orchestra in the whole of North America. By disbanding the last radio orchestra, what does it say about the cultural taste of North Americans???

Dennis Trembly

Larissa Szlavik

Yvonne Fried

Helen Binns
CBC Radio is the one station I listen to reqularly, we need it and the orchestra.

Tomi M

Ian Cheng

Deb Taylor

Dale Adamson

Colleen Cheung

Cathrine Conings
The CBC orchestra is an important part of the musical mosaic of Canada\'s fine arts. Its termination is another step in the erosion of your hitherto high quality musical offerings.

Iris Dayson
Why ditch a real Canadian icon that actually works.... and for what ?