Here is a quote from Bruce Cockburn from the link directly above:
“The laments of Gavin’s Woodpile were real. The prisoner was real, the mercury poisoning was certainly real. The hawks eclipsed by a jet were real. The rapid transformation of a great Canadian West was real. And my anger was real.”
"Stoney Mountain life-suspension home" Stony Mountain Institution is located 23 kilometres north of Winnipeg
Here is an interview with Bruce Cockburn about the meaning of the song: https://therealnews.com/stories/gavins-woodpile-rai-with-bruce-cockburn-3-9
Here is a quote from Bruce Cockburn from the link directly above: “The laments of Gavin’s Woodpile were real. The prisoner was real, the mercury poisoning was certainly real. The hawks eclipsed by a jet were real. The rapid transformation of a great Canadian West was real. And my anger was real.”
Here is an article: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/raptors-dreams-a-zuckerberg-deep-fake-bruce-cockburn-on-mmiwg-video-game-streaming-summer-reads-and-more-1.5174349/bruce-cockburn-says-canadians-need-to-face-up-to-their-country-s-treatment-of-indigenous-people-1.5174385