Céline Dion, Justin Bieber and Margaret Atwood: a host of Canadian celebrities, confined due to a pandemic, participated in an evening on Sunday in tribute to those who fight against the coronavirus. Funds were raised for food banks.
The evening called “Stronger Together / Tous Ensemble” and broadcast on several television and radio channels or by streaming, brought together many personalities who sang or launched messages of solidarity from their living room or their kitchen, like Céline Dion.
The Canadian diva paid tribute to all those who go to work in health or provide essential services despite the risks and wished her fellow citizens to “stay healthy and as positive as possible”.
Writer Margaret Atwood said she is “at the end of this tunnel” and that when we get there, “we will have to think of different and better ways of doing things”.
Adams, Twain or Drake
Testimonies and messages of solidarity alternated with songs during the 90 minutes of the show, which was not interrupted by any commercial break.
Among the participants were singers Michael Bublé, Bryan Adams, Alessia Cara, Shania Twain or Buffy Sainte-Marie, rapper Drake, as well as actors like Kiefer Sutherland or Ryan Reynolds, sportspeople, anonymous people and personalities like ex-astronaut and Governor General of Canada Julie Payette, or Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who called on Canadians to be careful and stay home.
The event, described by the media as the largest multi-platform program in the history of television broadcasting in Canada, was also intended to raise funds for food banks in Canada.
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