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END the CBC Lockout! An Evening In Support of Public Broadcasting

Canadian Artists will join forces on Wednesday, September 21 at 8 p.m. in "END the CBC Lockout! An Evening In Support of Public Broadcasting."

This public event will take place at Massey Hall in Toronto and admission is free. Massey Hall is located at Shuter Street (between Victoria and Yonge), Toronto.

Noted speakers will include: authors Alice Munro and June Callwood, the Right Honourable Joe Clark, Nobel Prize-winning scientist John Polanyi and well-known actor R.H. Thomson. Some of the entertainers performing are: Air Farce, members of Moxy Fruvous, Mark Eisenman Jazz Trio with Bonnie Brett, baritone Russell Braun and tenor Benjamin Butterfield, Slim and Donné with Ndidi Onukwulu, and more special guests.

IN THE EVENT OF AN END TO THE LOCKOUT BY SEPTEMBER 21, THIS EVENT WILL BE CANCELLED. 

Please check the website www.endcbclockout.ca or call 416-644-1519 for up-to-date information.

The event is being organized with the leadership of ACTRA and the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting and sponsored by a non-partisan coalition of arts, cultural, labour, advocacy organizations that believe in public broadcasting in Canada. Sponsors include: ACTRA Fraternal Benefit Society, American Federation of Musicians, Association of Canadian Publishers, Canadian Actors' Equity Association, Canadian Auto Workers, Canadian Conference of the Arts, Canadian Labour Congress, Communications Energy and Paperworkers, Council of Canadians, International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees, Ontario Federation of Labour, Toronto Musicians' Association, Writers Guild of Canada, Writers' Union of Canada and the United Steelworkers. 


Lynn McQueen
Communications Director
Canadian Actors' Equity Association
44 Victoria St., 12th floor
Toronto, ON  M5C 3C4
416-867-9165
lynn at caea.com