BCTC Open Letter to Canadian Heritage Minister Moore Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/bctc-open-letter-to-canadian-heritage-minister-moore.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 7 Apr 2026 03:19 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Marsha Williams [Signature #910] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13055077?utm_medium=rss Please continue to provide the British Columbia Touring Council with the level of support that it has received in the past and that other similar agencies are continuing to receive in their respective provinces. You our Heritage Minister and we count on you to fight for our arts, artists and most of all our communities.

]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:42:52 UTC 13055077 Ms Rosemry Hilbert [Signature #909] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13053348?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:09:43 UTC 13053348 Dr James Harley [Signature #908] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12933768?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 May 2012 06:11:29 UTC 12933768 Mr Benoit Boutrt [Signature #907] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12932296?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 May 2012 08:50:56 UTC 12932296 Patricia Green [Signature #906] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12932283?utm_medium=rss "They paved paradise, put up a parking lot"
Joni Mitchell

The funding taken away from the arts in Canada only means more people will have cement brains and tin hearts.

]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 08:45:57 UTC 12932283 Mr Norman Reintamm [Signature #905] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12928300?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 May 2012 11:54:48 UTC 12928300 Craig Tompkins [Signature #904] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12928296?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 May 2012 11:54:15 UTC 12928296 Lisa Dent-Couturier [Signature #903] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12928211?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 May 2012 11:37:46 UTC 12928211 Pablo Keselman [Signature #902] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12928168?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 May 2012 11:28:32 UTC 12928168 Mr Jason Underhill [Signature #901] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12928081?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 May 2012 11:07:28 UTC 12928081 Mr Nurhan Arman [Signature #900] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12927857?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 May 2012 10:16:12 UTC 12927857 Mr. James Bourne [Signature #899] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12927748?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 May 2012 09:51:41 UTC 12927748 Deborah Overes [Signature #898] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12927731?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 May 2012 09:48:57 UTC 12927731 Mr Mark Candler [Signature #897] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12927721?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 May 2012 09:46:41 UTC 12927721 Mr. Robert Missen [Signature #896] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12927714?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 May 2012 09:44:35 UTC 12927714 Kim Walker [Signature #895] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12803703?utm_medium=rss Many communities in BC rely heavily on funding for the arts. Places such as Kaslo are tourism based, and arts towns like ours cannot afford to bring in musicians and artists otherwise.

]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 12:25:56 UTC 12803703 Anonymous [Signature #894] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12724313?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 May 2012 05:25:43 UTC 12724313 Adriana Bogaard [Signature #893] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12676444?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 May 2012 05:30:32 UTC 12676444 Renate Fleming [Signature #892] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12664247?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 May 2012 11:52:24 UTC 12664247 John Rice [Signature #891] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12654457?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:11:51 UTC 12654457 Ms Jae Valentine [Signature #890] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12641193?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:53:07 UTC 12641193 Ms Bobbi Kurtz [Signature #889] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12639255?utm_medium=rss The work that BCTC does for both artists and presenters in BC is invaluable. This funding is required to continue to ensure that all communities are given access to fabulous artists regardless of size location and in all genres. In addition the work that they do in partnership with arts organizations across Canada and in the US provides opportunities for Canadian Artist to be seen and vice versa! BCTC requires the continued support of the Canadian Government for the well-being of us all.

]]> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:47:35 UTC 12639255 Lori Pappajohn [Signature #888] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12626864?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:26:18 UTC 12626864 Ms Mary Agnes Parkes [Signature #887] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12625963?utm_medium=rss It's hard for children in small communities to be exposed to our heritage and culture without the small amount of government support we receive - and to lose even that is devastating. Please reinstate this funding!

]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:19:50 UTC 12625963 Mr Larry Parkes [Signature #886] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12625901?utm_medium=rss Our small community of Nakusp needs this meager support to maintain some semblance of Cultural hertitage for our children, and for all of us. There are so many more, and better options for your government to cut costs.

]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:10:32 UTC 12625901 Mr. Lawrence Seligman [Signature #885] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12617657?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:37:05 UTC 12617657 Dana Weber [Signature #884] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12615385?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:06:37 UTC 12615385 emily mattas [Signature #883] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12597600?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:44:57 UTC 12597600 Jean-Francois Packwood [Signature #882] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12581458?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:59:41 UTC 12581458 Kay Clelland [Signature #881] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12578355?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:41:19 UTC 12578355 Anya Soroka [Signature #880] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12575597?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:26:23 UTC 12575597 Mrs Lorraine Leigh [Signature #879] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12574722?utm_medium=rss I am not sure how our small communities would
manage finding the quality Canadian artist to perform in our communities. The yearly conference is a wonderful way to meet and hire performers.

]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:20:29 UTC 12574722 Mrs Christie Grace Callister [Signature #878] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12568232?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:28:27 UTC 12568232 Tina Jones [Signature #877] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12566405?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:23:00 UTC 12566405 Ms Ginette Ferland [Signature #876] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12565804?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:48:17 UTC 12565804 Mr. Tim Yerxa [Signature #875] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12565629?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:15:10 UTC 12565629 Malgorzata Nowacka [Signature #874] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12551234?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:20:18 UTC 12551234 Ms Helen Moats [Signature #873] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12551047?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:39:25 UTC 12551047 Mr. Andrew Kwan [Signature #872] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12546704?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:28:46 UTC 12546704 Robert Pastorok [Signature #871] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12546207?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:50:21 UTC 12546207 Stephen Callaghan [Signature #870] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12544458?utm_medium=rss The Performing Arts is a very necessary part of society especially during these times when people need to be inspired and entertained.

When people see live performances it does something different to the spirit of a person which lingers much longer and differently than other forms of entertainment and performances.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:06:04 UTC 12544458 Ms. Merrill Bjekan [Signature #869] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12542984?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:05:10 UTC 12542984 Megan Loyer [Signature #868] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12542793?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:21:58 UTC 12542793 Cal Ritter [Signature #867] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12541710?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:14:19 UTC 12541710 Mr Patrice Saint Pierre [Signature #866] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12541514?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:31:08 UTC 12541514 MR Ian McDougall [Signature #865] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12540279?utm_medium=rss The idea of touring, is, when it comes down to it, for the education and entertainment of the audience - particularly if tours go to venues in the more remote ares of the province/country. It also allows artists to help make a living, as meager as that might be.

We, as Canadians, are suffering from a lack of 'real' culture in an era when everything is digital which completely lacks the heart and soul of live performance.

]]> Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:01:22 UTC 12540279 Wilson Durward [Signature #864] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12540129?utm_medium=rss As a past member of Council and an ardent supporter of Canadian artistry, I am dismayed by this government's continuing attack on Canadian Arts and Culture that include the slashing of funding to the BC Touring Council and institutions like the CBC.

]]> Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:22:20 UTC 12540129 Jim mOFFATT [Signature #863] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12540073?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:03:57 UTC 12540073 Ms Julie Day [Signature #862] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12539968?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:35:59 UTC 12539968 Dono Bei Charles [Signature #861] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12539744?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:36:03 UTC 12539744 mrs Anonymous [Signature #860] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12539741?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:35:18 UTC 12539741 Mr Harold Madsen [Signature #859] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12539733?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:32:59 UTC 12539733 Mr. Chris Madsen [Signature #858] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12539655?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:13:07 UTC 12539655 Ms Sarah Felschow [Signature #857] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12539549?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:47:56 UTC 12539549 Mr Alain Service Ledjebgue [Signature #856] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12535981?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:27:01 UTC 12535981 Glenn Levesque [Signature #855] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12535973?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:25:23 UTC 12535973 Ms Anonymous [Signature #854] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12535703?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:33:24 UTC 12535703 Ms Trudy Noort [Signature #853] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12535626?utm_medium=rss Art Matters! Please continue to use my tax dollars to support arts in my community, and across Canada.

I prefer to see my elected government enrich and support Canadian culture rather than spend our budget on fighter jets and prison-enlargment plans that have clearly failed in the USA.

Thank-you!

]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:18:09 UTC 12535626 Mr Francis Dubé [Signature #852] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12535300?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:08:20 UTC 12535300 Mr Antoine Bareil [Signature #851] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12535006?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:10:23 UTC 12535006 Mr William Kellett [Signature #850] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12534918?utm_medium=rss Please re-instate funding to the BC Touring Council.

]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:56:00 UTC 12534918 Ms Morna Edmundson [Signature #849] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12534424?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:26:30 UTC 12534424 Mr Alexander Sevastian [Signature #848] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12534396?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:19:45 UTC 12534396 Luc Beauchemin [Signature #847] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12533777?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:27:12 UTC 12533777 Ms Luce Carrière [Signature #846] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12533525?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:39:04 UTC 12533525 David Ellis [Signature #845] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12533357?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:16:23 UTC 12533357 Mr. Pat Braden [Signature #844] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12530627?utm_medium=rss Please re-consider your decision and re-instate support to the BC Touring Council.
Thank you.

]]> Mon, 9 Apr 2012 11:28:04 UTC 12530627 Lynne Bailey [Signature #843] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12530270?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Apr 2012 09:35:32 UTC 12530270 Miss Anonymous [Signature #842] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12530042?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Apr 2012 08:29:36 UTC 12530042 Ms. Jennifer White [Signature #841] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12529986?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Apr 2012 08:08:05 UTC 12529986 Ms Ita Kane-Wilson [Signature #840] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12529099?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Apr 2012 05:08:16 UTC 12529099 Ms. Sue Judge [Signature #839] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12528852?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Apr 2012 04:18:09 UTC 12528852 ms Marg Preston [Signature #838] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12528524?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Apr 2012 03:17:55 UTC 12528524 Mr. Bernard Schmidt [Signature #837] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12527924?utm_medium=rss BCTC's monthly newsletter and local work is indispensable and very much needed! Without it, we would be in the dark about cultural activities in that region....

]]> Mon, 9 Apr 2012 01:39:32 UTC 12527924 Ms Bettyanne Hampton [Signature #836] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12522189?utm_medium=rss BC Touring Council is the critical linkage through which our northern region can connect to the rest of the province and country for artistic news, access, engagement, performance, experiential education and cultural development. ... the difference between a healthy vibrant place to live and raise families and an industry pitstop.
We need BC Touring Council. Please recognize this and restore funding.

]]> Sun, 8 Apr 2012 03:03:29 UTC 12522189 Ms Victoria Henderson [Signature #835] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12519211?utm_medium=rss As President of Green Thumb Theatre, I can attest to the vital importance of the BC Touring Council to the arts in this province.

]]> Sat, 7 Apr 2012 11:27:15 UTC 12519211 Robert Kennedy [Signature #834] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12516994?utm_medium=rss Such a withdrawal of funding is very shortsighted. Please re-consider and reinstate it.

]]> Sat, 7 Apr 2012 12:58:50 UTC 12516994 Ms Stephanie Fischer [Signature #833] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12507827?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:21:02 UTC 12507827 Jocelyn Calderhead [Signature #832] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12507825?utm_medium=rss Stop picking on us!BC Touring Council does not deserve this.

]]> Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:20:29 UTC 12507825 Rebecca Schram [Signature #831] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12504172?utm_medium=rss This government needs to realize the truly good role that Arts and Culture plays in our country - so much gain for so little investment! Pacific Contact plays a vital role in this part of the world for the performing arts. These huge scale cuts have got to stop.

]]> Thu, 5 Apr 2012 11:36:39 UTC 12504172 Mr Garry Pendergast [Signature #830] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12499840?utm_medium=rss These funds must be restored. I can only assume a mistake was made in processing.

]]> Wed, 4 Apr 2012 09:15:31 UTC 12499840 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #829] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12499613?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 08:44:25 UTC 12499613 tim matheson [Signature #828] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12499031?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 07:20:35 UTC 12499031 Dr Rachel Iwaasa [Signature #827] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12498911?utm_medium=rss Please restore funding to BC Touring Council. It is an essential part of BC's arts infrastructure. If it falters, the fallout will be huge for BC's performing artists.

]]> Wed, 4 Apr 2012 07:06:44 UTC 12498911 ms Val Mason [Signature #826] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12498409?utm_medium=rss BC Touring Council is essential to the arts community in BC, providing guidance and information.

]]> Wed, 4 Apr 2012 06:01:43 UTC 12498409 Anonymous [Signature #825] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12498353?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 05:53:12 UTC 12498353 Jessica Wadsworth [Signature #824] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12498065?utm_medium=rss Please reinstate this funding. It is an important and vital component in the development of BC's performing arts. By touring and presenting British Columbian groups across the country, we enhance the universality and relevance of Canadians' identitities. This is the identity we also bring to the international scene -- but the work starts at home.

]]> Wed, 4 Apr 2012 05:11:51 UTC 12498065 Mrs. Gerlinde Wober [Signature #823] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12497965?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 04:53:02 UTC 12497965 Ms. E. Louise Bentall [Signature #822] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12496273?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 12:46:22 UTC 12496273 Mr Jon-Paul Walden [Signature #821] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12496234?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 12:40:05 UTC 12496234 Mr. Sandy Panton [Signature #820] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12492701?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 12:40:23 UTC 12492701 MS Josee Carriere [Signature #819] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12492138?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 10:22:24 UTC 12492138 ms Bonnie MacKenzie [Signature #818] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12492091?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 10:10:39 UTC 12492091 Sebastien Dufour [Signature #817] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491920?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 09:36:23 UTC 12491920 Ms Lisa Bush [Signature #816] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491585?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:33:38 UTC 12491585 Mrs Patricia Newman [Signature #815] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491524?utm_medium=rss Hoping this petition will restore funding to the Canadian Heritage as grant has been eliminated to BC Touring Council (the only organization in Canada to be cut).

]]> Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:18:35 UTC 12491524 Ms Maureen Wong [Signature #814] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491255?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 07:13:01 UTC 12491255 Ms Heather Daley [Signature #813] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491232?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 07:05:57 UTC 12491232 Mr Marc Morin [Signature #812] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491114?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 06:35:13 UTC 12491114 Mr G. Duncan [Signature #811] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12490966?utm_medium=rss Efficient, targeted, and enabling arts funding doesn't get better than this, Minister. What about your speech on the importance of the arts?

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