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Monday, January 9, 2012

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


CTV political commentator Craig Oliver
On Friday January 6th 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