Craig Oliver (born November 8, 1938) is currently chief political commentator for

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, and is the former co-anchor of the weekly public affairs series '' Question Period''.Canadian Communications Foundation
Biography
Retrieved December 20, 2018. Oliver was born in

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, and grew up in

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, British Columbia. He has been a reporter since 1957.The Pod
"Craig Oliver....Come Back Anytime"
February 13, 2006. Retrieved December 20, 2018. Oliver was previously CTV's Ottawa bureau chief. Prior to going to

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, he covered the Reagan years as CTV's Washington correspondent for almost a decade. He was a personal friend to the late

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at the same time that he reported on Trudeau's Liberal government. Oliver is

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, a condition he developed late in life. He has two children, Murray and Annie-Claire. He has one grandchild. Oliver has won two Gemini Awards and the President's Award from the Radio and Television News Directors' Association. He has also won the Gold Ribbon Award from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, the Charles Lynch Award from the National Press Gallery. The University of Regina honoured Oliver in June 2009, with an honorary

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degree. On June 14, 2013, he received an honorary Doctorate of Letters (''honoris causa'') from

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in North Bay,

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. On June 29, 2012, Oliver was named an Officer of the

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. At the awards ceremony held on November 23, 2012, the Governor General of Canada

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also presented Oliver with the

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