Please Help Bring Shen Yun Back to the National Arts Centre
Canadians, not the CCP, should decide what plays on Canada's national stage
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 Shen Yun amid the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) campaign of diplomatic pressure, disinformation, and fake bomb threats to silence the show. Yet in 2026, more than 170 venues worldwide hosted Shen Yun despite the same pressure.
The Chinese Ambassador met twice with NAC leadership in the months before that decision. Whatever the reason, Canada's national stage delivered what the CCP wanted.
Other Canadian cities chose differently. Vancouver resisted Chinese consulate pressure. Toronto overcame threats from China and brought the show back. It is Ottawa's turn.
The NAC receives $60 million in annual public funding. It is accountable to Canadians, not the CCP.
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: Help bring Shen Yun back to the NAC, ensure no Canadian arts institution yields to the CCP's censorship, and never let relations with Communist China cost Canadians’ freedom.