At a gala earlier this week in Toronto, the Canadian Business Hall of Fame named six laureates for 2008, with TD Bank's Frank McKenna presiding over the event. Among them were the three brothers Irving - Arthur, Jack and James K. Interestingly, it has taken them 30 years to finally follow in their father's footsteps to the same podium; the legendary K.C. was the first Hall of Famer in 1979. There was an awkward moment as the Irvings received their award, when fellow Maritimer Ron Joyce and his table of guests concurrently got up and departed the room. Some kind of feud we don't know about? It seems not. Mr. Joyce says he had to leave early for a meeting with "some people" and that the Irving brothers are "good people" who have been good customers at his Fox Harb'r Resort in Nova Scotia.
