Reinstate an all Canadian policy at the Charlottetown Summer Festival Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/reinstate-an-all-canadian-policy-at-the-charlottetown-summer-festival.html Online petition signatures en-us Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:40 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr. Steve Dimond [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13823583?utm_medium=rss Enjoy Local .... eat, act, view, applaud.

]]> Mon, 24 Sep 2012 08:06:46 UTC 13823583 William Higgins [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13820232?utm_medium=rss Historical review of the mandate of the Confederation Centre (Fathers of Confederation Building Trust) is as follows:
“inspire all Canadians to celebrate, through heritage and the arts, the
creative vision of Confederation, and Canada’s evolving nationhood.”
I daresay it would be a bit of a stretch to link 'Buddy Holly' with either the creative vision of Confederation or indeed Canada's evolving nationhood.

]]> Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:33:53 UTC 13820232 True Taylor [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13818518?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:16:33 UTC 13818518 Claire Rankin [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13818501?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:05:25 UTC 13818501 Mrs. Wendy Staranchuk [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13813665?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Sep 2012 06:14:41 UTC 13813665 Mr don shipley [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13813264?utm_medium=rss Surely it is time for the reset button to be pushed.
At the very least, a real review needs to be undertaken to make the Festival as unique as it once was.

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:23:52 UTC 13813264 Anne Moses [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13813219?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:14:53 UTC 13813219 Mr. Allie McCrady [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13811633?utm_medium=rss looking at the list of"Canadian Shows" I would have to exclude the shows which are using foreign content and music. If we are going to be consistent then we can not just look at shows created by Canadian composers and arrangers. We have to support Canadian literature and playwrights.

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 11:36:59 UTC 13811633 Amy Bowring [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13811283?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Sep 2012 10:30:33 UTC 13811283 Dr Denis A. St-Onge [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13808037?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:47:56 UTC 13808037 Ms Caitlin Gaudet [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13807378?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:44:50 UTC 13807378 Bunty Albert [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13807353?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:40:23 UTC 13807353 Jim Betts [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13807139?utm_medium=rss I agree whole-heartedly in principle, but simply committing to Canadian content isn't enough (and I would leave room in the mandate for Canadian non-musical material). A similar commitment needs to be made to building a creative and artistic team capable of fulfilling such a mandate in a meaningful way, then giving that team the resources necessary to do the job.

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:07:24 UTC 13807139 Fred Louder [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13806793?utm_medium=rss As a former resident of PEI and of Charlottetown, I heartily support this petition. The Confederation Centre is a Canadian institution, and its programming of theatrical and musical productions ought to reflect that fact in the vast majority of cases -- occasional exceptions perhaps being made for non-Canadian productions of exceptional artistic merit.

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:06:36 UTC 13806793 Mr. Evan Morgan [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13806467?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:14:14 UTC 13806467 mr jason marvin [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13806329?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:48:25 UTC 13806329 Ms Stevie Louise Vallance [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13806281?utm_medium=rss I really hope the Board will seize the opportunity to get behind 'Canadian Musicals' again. I played 'Adele' in Jane Eyre which toured in its 2nd year to O'Keefe and National Arts Centre. Later I was in Mary Queen of Scots and Anne. I had to go to the U.S. to continue my career and now I'm an Emmy-winning Voice-over Director and work in LA for Disney Jr and Nicktoons. There is no greater hope of mine than to see Canada be proud of its own. We need the 'Alan Lund' spirit back in our country! Thanks for the chance to vote.

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:41:27 UTC 13806281 Dr Francis Lee [Signature #53] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13805644?utm_medium=rss David Mackenzie should be hung from the Homburg theatre sign. The centre is full of political deadbeats and ass kissers.

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:39:01 UTC 13805644 Ms. Mary-Carla MacDonald [Signature #52] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13802386?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:35:48 UTC 13802386 Ms Jayne Ings [Signature #51] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13797064?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:38:34 UTC 13797064 Marilee Tucker [Signature #50] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13796937?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:09:02 UTC 13796937 Margo Connors [Signature #49] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13795059?utm_medium=rss and the original mandate of the MacKenzie Building endowment was to allow local arts groups to have an affordable performance space.

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:26:03 UTC 13795059 Ms Angela Antonelli [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13794863?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:39:14 UTC 13794863 Mr Daniel Bevan-Baker [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13794846?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:34:56 UTC 13794846 Nancy Beck [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13794711?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:04:48 UTC 13794711 Jeanne Robertson [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13794695?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:01:34 UTC 13794695 Mrs. Carole Anne Coffey [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13794149?utm_medium=rss I prefer to see Canadian content in these productions and would like the unique identity of my country preserved and promoted. I don't visit the USA to see Canadian content productions, nor other countries for that matter. I enjoy the uniqueness of other countries and visit them to discover who the people are and why their cultural norms are so very different from our own.

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:04:45 UTC 13794149 Mr. Gordon Myers [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13794131?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:00:02 UTC 13794131 Linda Martin [Signature #42] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13793982?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:26:56 UTC 13793982 Wendell Dennis [Signature #41] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13793774?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:51:48 UTC 13793774 Mrs. Suzanne Campbell [Signature #40] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13793705?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:40:18 UTC 13793705 ms Maida Rogerson [Signature #39] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13792933?utm_medium=rss It seems that a poverty of imagination exists on the board, or an acceptance of a status quo. I respect the importance of balancing the budget, but must the whole responsibility rest with the second show? And if so, how about some publicity for the Canadian shows like The Drowsy Chaperone, which was financially more successful than Ring of Fire. It's not an honest poll if people don't know what they're voting for. Also, the multi-cultural element is laughable. It is strictly one culture represented, American, well maybe a small representation from Britain. Yes, we are well served by our Canadian casts and crew, but the soul of us, our voice is with the writing.
One final question. Who is on the advisory board that will decide the fate of the Centre? Could that please be made public.
I am an Island and a former member of the Charlottetown Festival. I am grateful to John Frederick Brown for having the passion to re-examine what we do. Our Fathers of Confederation were bold in their vision for a future. Let's follow their lead.

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 03:19:09 UTC 13792933 Mr Fen Watkin [Signature #38] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13792809?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 03:04:27 UTC 13792809 Ms Lisa Beck [Signature #37] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13792642?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 02:38:39 UTC 13792642 Nancy Stairs [Signature #36] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13792403?utm_medium=rss I have no problem with judicious use of non-Canadian works but they should have some relevance to the region and the country, to resonate as an experience that could only be gained here, in this place. Who comes to PEI to see the Full Monty (funny movie)? Ideally, Canadian works performed by Canadian artists - and not only musicals (please!).

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:57:55 UTC 13792403 Mr Richard Hornsby [Signature #35] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13792331?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:45:36 UTC 13792331 Lesley Ballantyne [Signature #34] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13791897?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:39:25 UTC 13791897 jocelyne marchand [Signature #33] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13791842?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:30:27 UTC 13791842 Pamela Campbell [Signature #32] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13791808?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:25:04 UTC 13791808 Dorothy Stairs [Signature #31] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13791691?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:09:11 UTC 13791691 Scott White [Signature #30] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13791534?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:46:22 UTC 13791534 Mr. Matthew Bridges [Signature #29] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13791470?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:38:24 UTC 13791470 Gerry Gilbert [Signature #28] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13791070?utm_medium=rss You forgot Feux-Follets (The Musical). Les Feux-Follets (The Company) was a Montreal based Folk Dance Company, but the musical was definitely Alan's and produced at or for the Charlottetown Festival in 1972-74 and 1979-81.

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:29:03 UTC 13791070 Randy Vancourt [Signature #27] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13791047?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:25:42 UTC 13791047 Aaron Lewis [Signature #26] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13790858?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:53:59 UTC 13790858 Mr Dylan Rook Maddix [Signature #25] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13790732?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:31:56 UTC 13790732 Nancy White [Signature #24] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13790427?utm_medium=rss Please think about this. It's time for the embarrassment to end.

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:37:14 UTC 13790427 frances mcburnie [Signature #23] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13790328?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:19:02 UTC 13790328 Margaret MacKinnon [Signature #22] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13790298?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:12:57 UTC 13790298 Mr David McMullen [Signature #21] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13790284?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:10:57 UTC 13790284 Tom Roach [Signature #20] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13790130?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:41:15 UTC 13790130 Mr Deryl Gallant [Signature #19] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13790110?utm_medium=rss very...well....said...

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:38:06 UTC 13790110 mr bob nicholson [Signature #18] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13790059?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:29:56 UTC 13790059 Charlie DesRoches [Signature #17] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13789819?utm_medium=rss Canada needs more national and regional theatre content. The Confederation Centre of the Arts is a natural fit to Canadian Arts and Theatre and productions. We have much to be proud of and lets make the Confederation Centre of the Arts a shoecase for Canada.

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:51:39 UTC 13789819 Ms Pam Stevenson [Signature #16] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13789754?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:42:21 UTC 13789754 Kristin Nicholson [Signature #15] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13789751?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:42:13 UTC 13789751 Dr Tim Cooper [Signature #14] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13789679?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:30:55 UTC 13789679 Shirley Gallant [Signature #13] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13789657?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:26:42 UTC 13789657 Peter Bevan-Baker [Signature #12] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13789623?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:20:02 UTC 13789623 Mary-Lynn Smith [Signature #11] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13789594?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:14:01 UTC 13789594 Mrs. Ann Bevan-Baker [Signature #10] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13789559?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:09:22 UTC 13789559 Lorne Elliott [Signature #9] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13542049?utm_medium=rss carry on your good work

]]> Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:21:47 UTC 13542049 Mr Joseph Trefler [Signature #8] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13541515?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:31:11 UTC 13541515 Maida Rogerson [Signature #7] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13532546?utm_medium=rss This should be your first commitment. The success of "Come all Ye" at the Mack should encourage you to take this direction.

]]> Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:24:28 UTC 13532546 Mr R. Danny Lodder [Signature #6] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13532220?utm_medium=rss I support my wife's great-uncle Alan Lund and all the work he has done for Canadian culture.

]]> Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:11:32 UTC 13532220 George Merner [Signature #5] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13531976?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:19:45 UTC 13531976 Mr. Mel Atkey [Signature #4] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13531785?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:41:57 UTC 13531785 Ms Laura Beeby [Signature #3] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13531747?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:32:42 UTC 13531747 Mr. George Killam [Signature #2] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13531745?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:32:38 UTC 13531745 Mr. J. Frederick Brown [Signature #1] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13531484?utm_medium=rss Re-examing your past is not a step backwards.

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