The Honour the Treaties tour made international headlines, thanks in part to Young’s occasionally over-the-top rhetoric, which included comparing the impact of oilsands development around Fort McMurray to that of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
But the headlines and ticket sales weren’t enough to kill the expansion project.
The ACFN’s legal challenge was dismissed in late 2014, although the project has yet to be developed. #cdnpoli
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