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Neil Young says 'Canada trading integrity for money'
Tar Sands and Boreal Forest
At a press conference in Toronto before his benefit concert for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and its fight against the big oil and the Canadian government, Young said:
“It’s the greediest, most destructive and disrespectful demonstration of something run amok that you can ever see,”
“Get a grip and understand what is really happening,” he said. “It is hypocritical, some of the things that are being said by the leaders of this country. It’s embarrassing as a Canadian to have to listen to some of this stuff. It’s all marketing, it’s all big money.
“This oil is all going to China. It’s not for Canada. It’s not for the United States. It’s not ours. It belongs to the oils companies and Canada’s government is behind making this happen.”
MORE:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/13/1269356/-Canada-s-Tar-Sands-We-ve-got-Neil-Young
http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2014/01/13/neil-young-oilsands-occupation/