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In 1967, Canadian artist, Greg Curnoe was commissioned to complete a massive mural as part of a program to “decorate” airports across Canada. It was commissioned for the international arrivals tunnel at Montreal International Airport in Dorval, Quebec. When installation of the work began on March 20, 1968, complaints from the RCMP and airport personnel about the content ensued almost immediately. Officials claimed Curnoe's mural was rife with critical stances against American imperialism, both cultural and economic, and airport officials expressed doubts that international visitors would be amused by Curnoe's political puns. After four days of discussion the jury recommended the mural be removed and stored at the National Gallery of Canada. Curnoe was angered by the censorship and became involved in "Arts Against Repression", a documentary that looked at censored and suppressed Canadian works in a number of different disciplines as a public way to protest the censorship. Proposal #1 is handwritten in the lower right corner of the image indicating it is perhaps a mock-up for a poster or larger work. The writing that has been censored by the large black-out lines reads, "THE FOLLOWING IS (A) STATEMENT REGARDING A MURAL I HAD EXECUTED & INSTA(LLED)".