United We Stand!
![Black and white photograph of four men dressed in black suits talking together. On the wall behind them is a sign that says “L’association des hommes d’affaires de Laval Inc. S’unir pour s’aider” [Laval Businessmen’s Association. Stronger Together].](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/laval-economie-diversifiee_economic-diversification/wp-content/uploads/sites/99/2019/09/35138-012.jpg)
Meeting of the Association des hommes d’affaires de Laval Inc., an association of Laval businessmen, circa 1975
Source : Centre d’archives de Laval, P078, 35138-012, Fonds Jean-Claude Gagné
The economic development of a region or city was long the domain of a boy’s club, as can be seen in this photograph of members of the Association des hommes d’affaires de Laval Inc. The businessmen’s association was created before the Chambre de commerce de Laval. In the 1980s, the two organizations merged to become the Chambre de commerce et d’industrie de Laval.