Trudeau takes part in Quebec tribute at Bataclan to Paris terror victims

PARIS (NEWS 1130) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid tribute this morning to victims of this month’s terrorist attacks in Paris with a visit to the Bataclan concert hall, the scene of the worst carnage on Nov. 13.

A Quebec delegation organized the memorial ceremony at the site where 90 of the 130 victims died when Islamic-inspired terrorists launched seven co-ordinated attacks around Paris.

Trudeau was accompanied by his wife Sophie Gregoire as well as Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard and Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre. French Prime Minister Manual Valls also joined them at the memorial where they honoured the victims in silent reflection.

The moving Quebec ballad ‘Quand les hommes vivront d’amour,’ written by Raymond Levesque, was performed at the ceremony by Veronic Dicaire, and youngsters from a Quebec school board laid flowers on the makeshift shrine in front of the cafe.

Premiers Kathleen Wynne of Ontario, Rachel Notley of Alberta, Christy Clark of BC and Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall are also in Paris for Monday’s formal start of the COP21 international climate negotiations, and will stop at the Bataclan to pay tribute later this afternoon.

Trudeau will have lunch today at the Elysee Palace with French President Francois Hollande and meets this evening with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi as negotiations on a post-2020 international climate framework get underway.

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