Neither has experience, achievement, knowledge, or prominence in the field of the environment, ecology, or engineering

CTV political commentator Craig Oliver

On Friday January 6^th Craig Oliver posted his thoughts on the proposed northern oil  pipeline in an opinion piece entitled “Craig's Take: The politics of pipelines”.

In reading this piece, I think one would be hard pressed not to note he appears to be opposed to the pipeline, especially given the choice and selection of some of the descriptive words he used.  He also had this insightful comment:

“Even such luminaries as American actors Robert Redford and Kevin Bacon are joining in the opposition to the all-Canadian pipeline, which Prime Minister Stephen Harper says raises some serious questions about foreign political interference.”

Merriam-Webster defines luminary as:

… a person of prominence or brilliant achievement

Meantime Dictionary.com describes “luminary” as:
… a person who has attained eminence in his or her field or is an inspiration to others: one of the luminaries in the field of medical science.

Robert Redford, and Kevin Bacon, are actors --- and that is the field in which they have garnered their eminence. And yes, both have noted “prominence” and “brilliant achievement” in that field --- which again is ACTING.

Neither Robert Redford nor Kevin Bacon however, to the best of my knowledge, has experience … achievement … knowledge … or prominence in the field of the environment, ecology, or engineering for that matter. 

Those a just three of the things necessary AND required in planning, researching, or considering building the Northern gateway Pipeline

I did try to post a comment very similar to this on Craig’s actual opinion piece; however they have twice declined to post what I had to say.