A Lot of Canadians Really Don't Want Kanye at the Pan Am Games

July 16, 2015 12:27 AM EDT

Kanye West will perform at the closing ceremonies of the Pan Am Games, despite the ire of Canadian tweeters.

The main problem? Some Canadians think the games — and the main music acts — simply aren’t Canadian enough.

This year’s games are being held in Toronto, Canada’s most populous city.

As soon as organizers announced on Wednesday that Kanye will headline the July 26 closing ceremonies at the Rogers Centre, social media erupted with posts calling for them to reconsider.

ASK Canadians @Drake, @barenakedladies, @JanArdenArtist, @NellyFurtado for Pan Am Games Closing Ceremony NOT Kanye West #PanAmGames #TO2015
— Deborah K Grose (@OptimistDeb) July 16, 2015

A petition has even been launched on Change.org calling for organizers to replace the rapper with a Canadian artist.

Canada has some pretty big-name music acts, like Toronto native Drake, Deadmau5, indie rockers Metric and pop star Nelly Furtado.

Some Torontonians are perfectly happy with Kanye, though.

Others brought up an entirely new point — why are Canadians protesting Kanye when Pitbull is also on the bill?

I'm laughing at people being mad kanye is closing out the ceremony and skipping over the fact that pitbull is also doing it
— if the business is true 🤔 (@sryimcrazy) July 15, 2015

A Lot of Canadians Really Don’t Want Kanye to Perform at the Pan Am Games

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