The ‘Honor the Treaties Tour’ (or ‘Honour’ if you’re Canadian) was in support of the First Nations’ constitutional right to have a say when new policies threaten their land or access to their cultural grounds. He was raising money for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation’s ongoing legal battle to slow the tide of the petrochemical industry. These ad hominem attacks on Young were all a spin ploy to skirt around sensible discussion of the real story - which wasn’t even really about the validity of the oil sands themselves - it was about treaty rights. Neil Young recently took some heat in Canada for his comments about the Alberta oil sands, leaving him open to be right wing cannon fodder by hyperbolically comparing the oil sands to Hiroshima, as well as for the supposed hypocrisy of driving around in a tour bus. By Craig Silliphant 0 Shakey: Neil Young’s Biography – Jimmy McDonough
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