Last evening I was privileged to be present as the formidable Mr. James Brink was inaugurated as a junior research fellow at the Work Research Foundation. The event took place at Hamilton's LIUNA Station, the former Canadian National railway station on James Street North. The 1930 landmark was restored by the Labourers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) and the City of Hamilton. Given this connection, it is somewhat ironic that LIUNA should have provided the setting for an event sponsored by an organization associated with the CLAC, the "union with a difference."
The evening consisted of two speeches, the first by Gideon Strauss, "A Nation of Idiots," and the second by Mr. Brink himself, "How to Start a Slow Reformation in a Fast and Easy Society." As Mr. Brink is a graduate of Redeemer University College, we are especially proud of him. Congratulations!
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Hamilton's CN station in its heyday
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