Keep the Kitsilano Coast Guard Open Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/keep-the-kitsilano-coast-guard-open.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 9 Apr 2026 10:45 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms. Janet Stewart [Signature #327] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14839448?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Mar 2013 01:11:36 UTC 14839448 Allan Martin [Signature #326] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14773831?utm_medium=rss This decision makes no sense what so ever. This will eventually result in an injury or death.

]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:14:25 UTC 14773831 ms Anonymous [Signature #325] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14768403?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:41:20 UTC 14768403 Dr. David Irwin [Signature #324] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14729560?utm_medium=rss My family, friends and I swim, kayak, scuba dive and sail on the waters served by this station. We are very angry that we are no longer able to depend on our professional year round local coast guard because of a small amount of money being cut. The conservative government in Ottawa is showing indifference to our safety. We will hold you responsible for the unnecessary deaths that will occur and the empty station will be a symbol of the government's indifference

]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:21:21 UTC 14729560 Mr. Mark Miller [Signature #323] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14675604?utm_medium=rss Do the right thing

]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2013 02:10:52 UTC 14675604 Ms. Colette Parsons [Signature #322] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14376496?utm_medium=rss As a boater and adjacent resident to the Kitsilano Coast Guard Station, I am opposed to its closure. False Creek, English Bay and the Harbour need quick, convenient and direct access to Coast Guard Services. It is folly to think that Police and or a Coast Guard station 30-45 minutes by boat away (depending on the boat/hovercraft) can provide the immediacy that is needed in emergencies. I respectfully request that this decision be reconsidered. Colette Parsons

]]> Wed, 9 Jan 2013 09:08:11 UTC 14376496 Nancy Roussy [Signature #321] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14168298?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:29:07 UTC 14168298 Mr. Dennis Ames [Signature #320] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13864151?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Oct 2012 10:03:11 UTC 13864151 Mr. Campbell Fitch [Signature #319] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13818656?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:01:24 UTC 13818656 Tanya Matys [Signature #318] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13599604?utm_medium=rss Not one life is worth the $900,000 Ottawa will be saving. The people who claim, and unfortunately have been elected, to run this country, aren't really running anything other than their own bank accounts. They are completely disconnected from the needs and wants of the entire rest of the country, especially of the west. I grow weary of pondering how much longer we will allow our beautiful province to be raped and ravaged by those federal fools with complete disregard for our well-being. When will they start to give us back even half as much as we give them?

]]> Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:16:00 UTC 13599604 Ms Cindy Becker [Signature #317] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13234946?utm_medium=rss Just like them closing CFB in Chilliwack..... now our closest base is Alberta???
Go figure.....Safety doesn't seem like a concern!
How long will it take to get help HERE in an emergency situation?

]]> Tue, 3 Jul 2012 11:42:02 UTC 13234946 Scott Dion [Signature #316] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13230177?utm_medium=rss Mon, 2 Jul 2012 04:17:59 UTC 13230177 Ms Frances Romer [Signature #315] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13228549?utm_medium=rss Mon, 2 Jul 2012 10:53:12 UTC 13228549 K Ratchford [Signature #314] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13198593?utm_medium=rss Saving money is not worth the cost in lives.

]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2012 06:22:28 UTC 13198593 Anonymous [Signature #313] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13198115?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jun 2012 04:59:53 UTC 13198115 Wes Coutu [Signature #312] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13196966?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jun 2012 02:26:13 UTC 13196966 Mr Barrie Wetzel [Signature #311] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13195889?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:06:12 UTC 13195889 Mr Murray Schultz [Signature #310] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13184012?utm_medium=rss This decision will cost lives. Please reconsider and restore funding.

]]> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 05:09:50 UTC 13184012 Ms. Debbie Baceda [Signature #309] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13144164?utm_medium=rss Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:01:05 UTC 13144164 Anita York [Signature #308] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13137730?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Jun 2012 05:04:51 UTC 13137730 Darilyn Alexander [Signature #307] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13130437?utm_medium=rss I challenge those who wish to shut down the Kits Station to take over patrolling the area on fire work nights, and the Sea Festival.
$800,000 as an annual saving is a disgrace when you think of how many accidents will injure or kill people without the Coast Guard. How much $ will there be for the grieving families left behind??

]]> Mon, 18 Jun 2012 02:18:07 UTC 13130437 mr james chan [Signature #306] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13110558?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:27:45 UTC 13110558 Mr Narayan Sainaney [Signature #305] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13050604?utm_medium=rss This has got to be the dubest decision I've had to petition against.

]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:16:34 UTC 13050604 Judith Sommer [Signature #304] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13037200?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:08:29 UTC 13037200 Mr Anonymous [Signature #303] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13023069?utm_medium=rss Matters of health and safety should not be up for debate or budget cuts!

]]> Fri, 8 Jun 2012 02:13:39 UTC 13023069 Alexis Baran [Signature #302] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13023015?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Jun 2012 02:04:04 UTC 13023015 Ms Cara Payne [Signature #301] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13022886?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Jun 2012 01:37:54 UTC 13022886 Ms Christine Thompson [Signature #300] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13022596?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:50:06 UTC 13022596 Tara Kemes [Signature #299] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13022584?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:48:28 UTC 13022584 Ms Pamela Prostarr [Signature #298] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13022530?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:41:33 UTC 13022530 Mr Kristopher Andrews [Signature #297] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13022479?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:32:01 UTC 13022479 Trudy Truong [Signature #296] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13022405?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:17:37 UTC 13022405 brett swanson [Signature #295] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13022386?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:14:55 UTC 13022386 Ms Tanya Bennett [Signature #294] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13022376?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:12:14 UTC 13022376 Mr Anonymous [Signature #293] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13022359?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:09:32 UTC 13022359 Anonymous [Signature #292] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13022337?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:05:54 UTC 13022337 Mr Paul Roche [Signature #291] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13022298?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Jun 2012 11:57:02 UTC 13022298 Mr Anonymous [Signature #290] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13022278?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Jun 2012 11:51:56 UTC 13022278 Ms. Dru Adams [Signature #289] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13021883?utm_medium=rss The idea of closing our busiest Coast Guard station makes no sense. If you want to save money get rid of some actual government fat not necessary and critical life saving facilities. Only the idiots in Ottawa would come up with such a stupid and ill conceived, hair brained scheme!

Seriously what do we have you there for besides wasting our money. Do something constructive for a change and keep this much needed facility open.

]]> Fri, 8 Jun 2012 10:22:25 UTC 13021883 Lana Wong [Signature #288] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13019801?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Jun 2012 01:20:27 UTC 13019801 Ms Frances Horner [Signature #287] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13018669?utm_medium=rss Keep the Kits Coast Guard station open -- it saves lives and this is why we pay our taxes.

]]> Thu, 7 Jun 2012 07:21:20 UTC 13018669 Mr Oliver LinsleyOliverL [Signature #286] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13015882?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Jun 2012 10:54:41 UTC 13015882 Mr Gerard Gauthier [Signature #285] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13000004?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Jun 2012 02:37:29 UTC 13000004 Mrs Isabel caron [Signature #284] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12994731?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Jun 2012 10:13:04 UTC 12994731 Mr Pete Moffat [Signature #283] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12994242?utm_medium=rss The Conservative government has not thought this one through. This station is a very important part of making it safe for the many who take to the waters year round in this region. Sea Island is a very impractical and far away option especially during a bad weather
day/night rescue.

]]> Mon, 4 Jun 2012 08:53:27 UTC 12994242 Kristoffer Vik Hansen [Signature #282] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12994197?utm_medium=rss Don't close down a life saver!

]]> Mon, 4 Jun 2012 08:42:21 UTC 12994197 Anonymous [Signature #281] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12994086?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Jun 2012 08:13:56 UTC 12994086 Mr Marc Boudreau [Signature #280] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12991036?utm_medium=rss Busiest station in Canada! It's only a matter of time until a death that could've been prevented will be linked to this.
What a horrible, short-sighted decision.

]]> Mon, 4 Jun 2012 11:16:07 UTC 12991036 Mr. Lou Dowling [Signature #279] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12986146?utm_medium=rss as a boater for over 30 yrs; 20 yrs. in False Creek, we are well aware of the excessive boater traffic in & out English Bay. Many people for some reasons the Coast Guard.

]]> Sun, 3 Jun 2012 05:32:44 UTC 12986146 Ms Clara Chrzanowski [Signature #278] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12985563?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Jun 2012 03:50:51 UTC 12985563 Diane Cochrane [Signature #277] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12979598?utm_medium=rss Sat, 2 Jun 2012 07:42:48 UTC 12979598 mr alex kao [Signature #276] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12976029?utm_medium=rss Sat, 2 Jun 2012 07:56:41 UTC 12976029 Mr. Ken Gijssen [Signature #275] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12974394?utm_medium=rss Vital Essential Services should not be cut!

]]> Sat, 2 Jun 2012 02:06:57 UTC 12974394 Mr Paul Knapp [Signature #274] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12974051?utm_medium=rss Sat, 2 Jun 2012 12:17:33 UTC 12974051 Mr Stéphane Boisjoly [Signature #273] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12973700?utm_medium=rss This Coast Guard Station is essential for all of us boaters and sailors. These must be the most busy waters in Canada and the Station is essential to save lives and prevent serious accidents. The economy of Vancouver depends on tourism and boating plays a major role in this industry. Preventing casualties in an efficient and timely manner guarantees the good reputation of Canada as a prime destination.

Thank you

]]> Fri, 1 Jun 2012 10:40:41 UTC 12973700 Mr Richard Howes [Signature #272] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12966498?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 May 2012 11:50:20 UTC 12966498 Mr Neil Humphrey [Signature #271] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12964699?utm_medium=rss 5 decades as a waterman and my experience tells me CCG Sea Island Station will not be able to service the CCG Kits Station area.

Facts:
- Kits SAR teams take 5 minutes to hit the water
- CCG Auxiliary SAR teams take about 30 minutes to get to their station
- Reported hovercraft time from Sea Island Station to Burrard Inlet is about 30 minutes.

Looking at the above, the chances of Sea Island being more effective than Kits are ZERO.

]]> Thu, 31 May 2012 05:03:37 UTC 12964699 Mr. Steve Cochrane [Signature #270] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12957708?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 May 2012 11:01:22 UTC 12957708 Miss Anonymous [Signature #269] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12955349?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 May 2012 05:22:28 UTC 12955349 Mrs Nevin Samji [Signature #268] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12944109?utm_medium=rss It is sad to see Canada turning into a country that values money more then lives. Balancing a budget is paramount and we all understand that. However, maybe the cost cutting should start in Ottawa where MP's blow our hard earned tax dollars on drivers that hang out, lunches that cost more than our weekly food budgets and ministers that insist on staying at expensive hotels. Save our jobs and stop throwing our tax dollars on yourselves.

]]> Wed, 30 May 2012 01:45:59 UTC 12944109 Ms Hayley Kandt [Signature #267] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12943897?utm_medium=rss The number of yearly rescues is evidence enough for a need for the station. It is important to protect the livelihood of Canadians whether they are using the waters for work or pleasure. In addition, as a tourist destination we should ensure the protection of potential tourists!

]]> Wed, 30 May 2012 01:03:46 UTC 12943897 Anonymous [Signature #266] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12943483?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 May 2012 11:27:18 UTC 12943483 Dr Anonymous [Signature #265] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12943113?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 May 2012 09:42:18 UTC 12943113 Mrs Nicola Lott [Signature #264] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12941709?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 May 2012 06:12:58 UTC 12941709 Dr David Irwin [Signature #263] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12939823?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 May 2012 03:49:52 UTC 12939823 Mr Anonymous [Signature #262] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12932670?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 May 2012 11:05:40 UTC 12932670 MS Lori Harkins [Signature #261] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12932391?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 May 2012 09:28:17 UTC 12932391 J-C Bertrand [Signature #260] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12932274?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 May 2012 08:42:41 UTC 12932274 Mr Jim Schellenberg [Signature #259] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12932207?utm_medium=rss Lives will be lost if the base is closed.

]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 08:25:59 UTC 12932207 Ms Lin Story [Signature #258] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12932201?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 May 2012 08:25:02 UTC 12932201 mr brad mitchell [Signature #257] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12931377?utm_medium=rss Vancouver water way system is far to vase to cut this service...doing so will insure loss of life which will result government responsibility.

]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 06:31:41 UTC 12931377 Anonymous [Signature #256] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12930492?utm_medium=rss I was personally rescued by the Kitsilano Coast Guard last weekend after the motor failed on our boat. We were very thankful for their quick response. As we were coming into shore, they received a mayday call and rushed off to save a kayaker that had capsized at the mouth of the Seymour River, if they had a longer reponse time, the Kayaker would not have survived. Our Coast Guard is essential to the safety of our marine community.

]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 04:31:34 UTC 12930492 Dr. Philipp Lange [Signature #255] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12927949?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 May 2012 10:32:51 UTC 12927949 Mr Michael Fortino [Signature #254] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12925494?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 May 2012 11:53:06 UTC 12925494 Linda Cardinal [Signature #253] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12924939?utm_medium=rss There are so many people in this city that go out on the water - maybe pretty much everyone. We have a huge community of people who have immigrated here from land-locked parts of Canada and the rest of the world that aren't even able to swim.
I can't help but think that Steven Harper is just being petty and punitive because he has no seats here.
This is a big mistake that will cost lives and further us towards 3rd world status.

]]> Sun, 27 May 2012 09:04:25 UTC 12924939 mrs. Evelyn Angel [Signature #252] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12924741?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 May 2012 08:13:28 UTC 12924741 Ms Delores Godin [Signature #251] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12924709?utm_medium=rss Ludicrous idea to close the Station. Please reconsider

]]> Sun, 27 May 2012 08:05:39 UTC 12924709 Mr. Neal Maher [Signature #250] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12923497?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 May 2012 03:44:28 UTC 12923497 Mrs. Nicola Maher [Signature #249] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12923080?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 May 2012 02:12:21 UTC 12923080 Ms. Jane-Ann Kay [Signature #248] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12922707?utm_medium=rss The coast guards at this station save lives! The money spent on their salaries and equipment are well worth it. I can't believe the DFO are going to close it and potentially replace it with student rescuers!

]]> Sun, 27 May 2012 12:41:36 UTC 12922707 Captain Gail Owen [Signature #247] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12920706?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 May 2012 11:45:38 UTC 12920706 Bonnie Sainsbury [Signature #246] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12920534?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 May 2012 10:16:10 UTC 12920534 Aidan Hawryluk [Signature #245] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12920496?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 May 2012 09:54:15 UTC 12920496 Nancy Wong [Signature #244] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12920331?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 May 2012 08:44:08 UTC 12920331 Mr Don W. M. Wardill [Signature #243] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12919571?utm_medium=rss Please rethink your plan, cause closing Kits Base is a bad decision, life's will be lost, for sure, seeing The Port of Vancouver is the busiest port on the Westcoast of Canada.

]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 04:16:40 UTC 12919571 Ms Marilyn Maxwell [Signature #242] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12919140?utm_medium=rss To close this Coast Guard is irresponsible and dangerous as people will die due to your decision. We expect our government officials to do no harm, to protect and preserve public safety and interests. Tax payers expect no less.

]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 02:02:45 UTC 12919140 Jennifer Mercer [Signature #241] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12919117?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 May 2012 01:53:51 UTC 12919117 Mrs Lily-Ann MacDonald [Signature #240] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12918959?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 May 2012 01:07:02 UTC 12918959 Ms Linda Simms [Signature #239] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12918891?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 May 2012 12:48:56 UTC 12918891 Mr. Kenneth Kubesh [Signature #238] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12918376?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 May 2012 10:45:18 UTC 12918376 mrs Lynne Cathersides [Signature #237] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12918339?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 May 2012 10:36:34 UTC 12918339 mr anthony abbott [Signature #236] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12917657?utm_medium=rss I have been boating in the west coast area for over thirty years and continue to do so - albeit less frequently having moved to the Okanagan. I feel very strongly this coast guard station should remain open as the closure will absolutely cost lives due to the cold Pacific Ocean waters and quickly changable sea conditions.

]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 07:06:37 UTC 12917657 Mr Jonathan Berg [Signature #235] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12916481?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 May 2012 11:43:52 UTC 12916481 Colleen Lanki [Signature #234] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12916445?utm_medium=rss Why is this government so keen on spending so much money on "crime bills" when the crime rate is falling, yet willing to endanger the lives of Canadians by cutting critical services like this one? Foolish.

]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 11:32:07 UTC 12916445 Mr Colin Potter [Signature #233] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12915404?utm_medium=rss I have regularly raced sail boats on English Bay for 23 years and witnessed many capsizes and pertencial life threatening situations. Closing Kitsilano coast guard station would have disastrous results.

]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 07:23:51 UTC 12915404 Mr Dale Gehard [Signature #232] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12913703?utm_medium=rss The lives lost will be on your hands

]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 03:39:59 UTC 12913703 Melanie Walls [Signature #231] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12912694?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 May 2012 01:12:51 UTC 12912694 Mr Trevor Amundrud [Signature #230] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12912682?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 May 2012 01:12:01 UTC 12912682 Mr Jay Scott Ford [Signature #229] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12912112?utm_medium=rss Regular boater. WE NEED THE KITS COAST GUARD!

]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 11:52:08 UTC 12912112 KATHLEEN SMITH [Signature #228] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12912076?utm_medium=rss SAVING LIVES NOT SAVING MONEY SHOULD BE THE FOCUS OF THIS DEPARTMENT!

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