Please Help to Bring Shen Yun Back to Ottawa's National Arts Centre
Who decides what plays on a stage funded by Your tax dollars? You. Not Beijing.
For 18 years, the world-renowned Shen Yun — a dance and music show celebrating China before communism — packed Ottawa’s National Arts Centre (NAC).
Then the NAC dropped it, amid Beijing’s campaign of diplomatic pressure, disinformation, and threats to silence the show.
The Chinese Ambassador met twice with NAC leadership in the months before that decision. Whatever the reason, Canada's national stage ended up delivering what Beijing wanted.
More than 200 venues around the world hosted Shen Yun despite the same pressure.
The NAC receives over $60 million in taxpayer funding annually. It answers to Canadians. Not Beijing.
WE CALL ON:
- The NAC Board: Restore Shen Yun to its stage.
- Prime Minister Carney, the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, the federal government, and all Members of Parliament: Please help bring Shen Yun back to the NAC, ensure no Canadian arts institution yields to Beijing's censorship, and never let engagement with China cost our artistic freedom.
Artistic freedom is a Canadian right. Lets Defend it together!