Mr Mason's tone adds nothing to the divisions on this issue. Ad hominem attacks on Mayor Robertson and silly remarks about cycling to work 12 months a year are sadly ever more typical of the click-bait, anger-driven political commentary of today.  

There are legitimate arguments to be made of Mayor Robertson's position, just as there are legitimate criticisms of the pipeline itself and of the oil sands industry it serves.  Opposition in BC spreads far beyond people living in an 'idyllic bubble' however, and to characterize opponents as those having made millions in the housing market is a little bizarre - I suggest watching some protest footage online.  

I encourage the  Globe and its columnists to stick to rational argument in its stories and opinion pieces, and to discourage columns that just ridicule and insult opponents. One only has to look south to Trump's America to see where that leads.