Donald Savoie On Why Irving Oil Is, And Always Has Been, An Underdog

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Atlantic Canadians see the Irvings as a regional economic powerhouse. But since the family’s beginnings in northern New Brunswick in the 19th century, they have never seen themselves that way. K.C. was a “David”, not a “Goliath” - a tenacious entrepreneur who built a network of gas and service stations in the depression and an oil refinery in a competitive global environment. This is a subject of Donald Savoie’s new book on Irving Oil, “Thanks for the Business” and he joins Mark Leger to talk about it. They talk a little politics too, with the results of the N.B. election fresh in their minds. The Irving book chat starts at around the 25-minute mark.