During the economic crisis of 1929-33, Omer had the opportunity to buy a truck in order to deliver the firewood to La Tuque more quickly and provide the moving service.
In 1933, he then began to transport by truck over long distances after obtaining his license from the Commission des services publics du Québec.
This radio instrument integrated into a stylish wooden cabinet and offering a better musical sound and voice for the time, was used in particular in private homes.
[5][1] In 1955, with the support of another Latuquois Auguste Dubois, Omer Veillette assigned some of his workers and his equipment to build a road between La Tuque and lac Saint-Jean, via the village of Lac-Bouchette.
Thus, on a Sunday in February 1955, a caravan of about fifty cars could then make the trip in about ten hours between La Tuque and Lac Bouchette.
The purpose of this caravan was to sensitize the provincial government of the Prime Minister Maurice Duplessis to invest in this vital route for the interregional economy.
In the fall of 1962, a summit meeting took place halfway, either at Van Bruyssel, between the leaders of the Mauricie and Roberval regions, with the provincial authorities.
After several steps, he had obtained a commitment from the provincial government to take care of the maintenance of the entire Route 19, or 110 miles, between La Tuque and Roberval.
Omer Veillette served as mayor of the town of La Tuque from October 1944 to July 1947, the period at the end of WWII.
[1] On April 25, 1944, while Omer Veillette was alderman,[10] and on Oct. 31, 1944, when Omer Veillette was acting as new mayor, an advertising page in Le Nouvelliste indicated that the town of La Tuque was the first town in the province of Quebec to achieve its objective of selling Victory Bonds to support Canada's war effort in World War II.
[11] On May 4, 1945, when Omer Veillette was mayor, the town of La Tuque reiterated its support for the campaign to sell the Victory Bonds.