Citizen Involvement
![Black and white photograph of citizens demonstrating against the pollution produced by the Demix quarry. In the foreground, a sign held by a man reads “Avec Paiement, on a des carrières de l’avenir” [With (then mayor of Laval) Paiement we have the quarries of the future.]](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/laval-economie-diversifiee_economic-diversification/wp-content/uploads/sites/99/2019/09/P15_D1_01_001.jpg)
Citizens demonstrating against a Demix quarry in Laval in the 1970s
Reference: Société d’histoire et de généalogie de l’Île Jésus, P15/D1, 01.001, Fonds Jean-Paul Champagne
As urban sprawl developed in the 1960s and 1970s, residential neighbourhoods were getting closer and closer to quarry sites. Around the mid-1970s, citizen protests were organized to denounce the pollution produced by this industry. Citizens, elected officials and celebrities joined together to demonstrate in front of the Demix quarry in Laval.