[emge]

Of course this is wretched in the short-term, and my heart goes out to the families affected by this. And of course, there is a need for jobs to be created for those workers that utilize their skills.

If it turns out to be a permanent shutdown, however, I still see this as one of the biggest opportunities to grab a chunk of waterfront property in the GTA and change Hamilton for the good that anyone's heard of in a long time. (And it would eventually create far more than 1400 new jobs). Add on the little industrial area between that and Bayfront Park for good measure, give them and the Lakeport folks incentive to move... the economy starts up again... the possibilities in three, five, ten years.