Taking a stand, on many fronts

Beginning with Expo 67, the Montreal papers, especially the anglophone press, began to talk about the destruction of marine environments, air pollution and the pollution of the St. Lawrence River. My father was passionate about the issues and kept me posted on what he read. In 1968, with the big projects that had been keeping me so busy now finished, I became closely involved with the environmental movement. I was part of the actions of the Société pour Vaincre la Pollution (SVP), donating drawings, and posters and planting trees along berms and highways. Biologist Tony LeSauteur was our advisor on the positions and actions we took. My son Christian, who was studying biology at university, was hired to do research on the Boucherville Islands for the project Un fleuve, un parc. I also worked with the SVP to organize the recycling of paper and telephone books at Radio-Canada. But that action was short-lived, because the small companies we were dealing with ran into all kinds of problems finding buyers for their inventory of recycled paper.

Becoming Aware (Activist section)