Idle No More: Songs for Life Volume 2
We are pleased to present Idle No More: Songs for Life Volume 2. As with Volume 1, the highlights are many!***Words from the artists***Royal WoodLong have our Indigenous people been subject to racism and mistreatment in the hands of our leaders. The end result is a mistreatment of ourselves as Canadians. We are one country. Their environmental and political concerns are our concerns, not only for this generation, but for all of the generations that follow.Blue Rodeo“Fools Like You” was originally written for Brian Mulroney after the Oka Crisis of 1990. The song is also a commendation to Elijah Harper for standing up in the Manitoba Legislature with his eagle feather and having the courage to say no to the Meech Lake Accord. Finally, it was a thank you to Chief Ruby Dunstan for inviting Blue Rodeo to participate in her victorious fight to protect the Stein Valley in BC. It is sad to think that nothing much has changed and the voice of Aboriginal peoples is still being ignored by