La bataille du bois

Faced with underemployment in their village and exasperated with the attitude of the provincial government and the forestry companies, the inhabitants of Cabano decide to pool their resources to build a cardboard factory. The forest companies have been exploiting both the workers and the forests, and the Liberal government has not kept its promise to build a wood processing plant. The willingness of the citizens of Cabano to finance the cardboard factory by risking their own savings is understood as a gesture of solidarity and is imitated throughout Québec. It has allowed the region to flourish and has provided employment for young people.