various government sites were offline for periods of time in recent days.
Support for the students has also reached as far as Cannes, France where Quebec filmmaker Xavier Dolan wore the symbolic red square on red carpet for the premiere of his film Laurence Anyways. The film's actors Nathalie Baye, Melvil Poupaud and Suzanne Clement also wore red patches.
Arcade Fire band members would come by their affinity for the student cause naturally. The band's husband-wife combo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne met when they both attended Montreal area universities, McGill and Concordia, respectively.
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