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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the Bataclan theatre on Sunday to pay tribute to the victims of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, laying a rose and an iris at the scene of the deadliest violence of that night.

The prime minister was joined by France's prime minister, Manuel Valls as he and wife Sophie Grégoire walked to the Bataclan to pay respects, and Franco-Ontarian singer Véronic Dicaire sang the Québécois song Quand les hommes vivront d'amour, a 1950s call for peace that was also popular in France.

It was a Quebec-organized tribute attended by Premier Philippe Couillard and Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre, and the group approached with white roses and Quebec's flower, the iris versicolor, to lay outside the theatre. There are already hundreds of bouquets there, with other tributes, including a giant pencil that recalls the Charlie Hebdo attacks of January. Thousands more line the Rue de Voltaire across the street.

The Bataclan was the scene of the worst loss of life in the Nov. 13 attacks, when terrorists linked to the so-called Islamic State struck seven sites including the national soccer stadium and cafés in Paris streets.

About 1,500 people were watching California band Eagles of Death Metal at the Bataclan on that Friday night when three attackers wearing explosive belts entered the theatre, firing at concert-watchers and taking hostages. The bill outside the theatre still advertises the show.

Later, after welcoming Mr. Trudeau for a meeting at the Elysée Palace, France's President, François Hollande, said the visit reminded him that the historic friendship is renewed each time there is a trial. "I am very sensitive to these signs, to these messages, to these symbols," he said when he delivered a joint statement with Mr. Trudeau.

Mr. Trudeau said the visit to the Bataclan with Mr. Couillard and Mr.Coderre was a chance to express Canadian solidarity.

"Canadians as a whole were extremely touched and affected deeply by the attacks and it was an important opportunity to demonstrate that we stand firmly in sympathy and in resolve with the people of France, indeed with everyone around the world, in the fight against terror and the work to create peace and stability across the word," he told reporters outside the Elysée.

Mr. Trudeau is in Paris for the kick-off of the UN-sponsored COP 21 talks on climate change on Monday.

Four other premiers who are also in Paris for the climate-change talks, Ontario's Kathleen Wynne, Saskatchewan's Brad Wall, Alberta's Rachel Notley, and British Columbia's Christy Clark, will visit the Bataclan later Sunday.

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