Tribal Chief Paid By Tides Foundation To Oppose Oilsands
By Paul Homewood
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/01/17/first-nations-chief-received-55000-from-tides-foundation
Just imagine the furore there would be, if it was discovered that ExxonMobil had been depositing secret payments in the bank accounts of politicians.
But apparently it’s OK for the left wing Tides Foundation to do the same with the elected mayor of an Indian Tribe in Canada.
No doubt the Tides Foundation would be more than glad to explain the reasons for this payment, and why it was shrouded in secrecy. But until they do, it is reasonable to assume that the mayor, Allan Adam, was paid to oppose the Canadian oilsands. After all, according to their IRS disclosures, they have made 25 different payments to Canadian anti-oilsands activists in a single year, totalling well over a million dollars.
And, sure enough, Adam earned his keep when he sat on stage next to Neil Young, when the latter launched his attack on Canada’s oil industry a couple of weeks ago.
As Ezra Levant reports:
Neil Young had his role: he’s the American celebrity who can draw crowds of fawning Baby Boomer journalists. But at the end of the day, he’s just another millionaire celebrity. When he talks about the oilsands, he quickly reveals himself as a low-information know-nothing.
Adam brings what Young can’t: authenticity. Young likes to wear an Indian-style leather vest, but Adam really is an Indian, and he really lives near the oilsands.
Adam didn’t do a lot of talking in Toronto. He was more of a prop than an actor. See, the Tides Foundation is from San Francisco. And Neil Young lives on a 1,500-acre estate near San Francisco. Without Adam, this would have just been some California millionaires coming up here to boss Canadians around. That’s why they had to hire Adam, to aboriginalize their attack on Canada. It was political sleight of hand, to distract from the fact that this was a foreign assault on Canadian jobs.
Read the rest of the story here.
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“Just imagine the furore there would be, if it was discovered that ExxonMobil had been depositing secret payments in the bank accounts of politicians.”
Ah, it’s OK for Greens to do it because, unlike us evil Oil Orcs, they’re the GOOD people, see?
For the time being, at any rate…
The post is really about the Tides Foundation and Chipewyan Chief Adam. The problem then is why so much money is spent in such a stealthly manner. Did the money go “for a cause” such that others of the group will share in the use of these funds? Maybe the Chief will get a new SUV and snowmobile. Seems there is more here that might be useful information. That being said, if a foundation has a mission they feel passionately about, then they should be open about how they attempt to move forward. Donors may not want to be identified, but expenses ought to be.
As for Neil Young, the Wikipedia page indicates his Canadian birth and retained citizenship and his (and spouse’s) advocacy of environmental issues. Frequently they do good things. I fault him for his mis-informed stance regarding CAGW. Donna Laframboise (20 January 2014) posted “Neil Young’s Hiroshima – Exhibit #10 in the Drama Queen Files” and then links to several other related stories.
Do you know there is a petition on the White House site to banish Justin Bieber and send him back to Canada? Good idea. In Young’s case, he has actually made some good music.
In Young’s case, he has actually made some good music.
Agree there!