I live in Quebec and right now we’re in the middle of a social crisis. It’s important.

Things started with a simple protest: The students opposed the 75% raise of tuition fees. Now some could argue that Quebec tuition fees are not that expensive to begin with, but that’s not the issue.

The Prime Minister of Quebec, Jean Charest, refused to meet the students for weeks and weeks and things started to heat up. We’re now close to 100 days of protests and the government still refuses to listen to the students. Instead, they passed a new special law which doesn’t respect the constitutional rights of expression and association. Basically, the government can decide if you can protest or not…and you can’t be more than 50 at one spot.

I, as many of my friends, walked for democracy. Now celebrities are using their power to put the spotlight on this issue. Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan wore the red square on the red carpet at Cannes, “indie” Canadian band Arcade Fire wore red squares on SNL and now Michael Moore is talking about it.

Do your part and spread the word. Democracy is important.