The image above is a spoof, but reflects concern that Canadians feel re Bush’s Mini-Me, also known as the Republican Prime Minister. 
I’ve read and collected enough information on the SPP to believe that Americans and Mexicans should be worried, too. Bushite plans for the Security and Prosperity Partnership/North American Union are bad for all the countries involved. Here you will find resources and action tools on the SPP/NAU.
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What Is The Security and Prosperity Partnership?
The Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America was formally launched in Waco, Texas, on March 23, 2005 by President Bush, along with Mexico’s then-President Vicente Fox and Canada’s then-Prime Minister Paul Martin. The three leaders let it be known that their new SPP initiative was an effort to build upon and expand NAFTA, the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement. Their expressed goal for the SPP was the creation of “a safer, more prosperous North America.”
Conceived completely as an executive-branch initiative, without any participation or authorization from Congress, the SPP established 20 trilateral “working groups” composed of current and former government officials, academics, and corporate leaders. The groups are directed to bring about continental “integration” on a wide range of political, economic, and social issues, such as manufacturing, transportation, energy, environment, e-commerce, financial services, food and agriculture, law enforcement, immigration, infrastructure, and health.
Who are the members of these working groups? Where and when are they meeting? What policies, programs, projects, and proposals are they hatching? How will these things affect our lives?
16 states have pending Anti-NAU legislation and 3 states have passed
Anti-NAU or Anti-SPP legislation in both their House and Senate.
Over 1/3 of state legislatures have introduced resolutions opposing the “Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America” (SPP), the NAFTA Superhighway, and the developing North American Union (NAU).
States: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, SouthCarolina, SouthDakota, Tennessee,Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington
States with legislation “Indirectly” related to the “Fight” against the SPP/NAU:
Nevada, New Hampshire
View a Map of Anti N.A.U. States & What they’re doing at:
http://www.stopthena…
Bills in the United States Congress:
U.S. Congress HCON 40 – SPP/NAU HCON 40
http://www.stopthena…
H. Con. Res. 22-110th Congress (2007)
http://www.govtrack….
American Street: Why don’t we hear more about the SPP?
http://www.reachm.co…
Council of Canadians on SPP, NAFTA and more:
http://canadians.org…
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A word to the wise in Lasthorseman’s diary here – this thing has had a head start –
http://www.dailykos….
Prime Minister Stephen Harper claimed that the SPP is about regulation of jellybeans:
http://www.theglobea…
To better understand the Security and Prosperity Partnership and North American Union watch this 27 min. video
http://video.google….
and this 22 min. slide show
http://www.freedom.o…
A Dark Moon Rising:
http://www.rangemaga…
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The devil in Stephen Harper:
http://www.nowtoront…
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Murray Dobbin and others from Council of Canadians talk about sellouts here:
http://www.workingtv…
Talking points, courtesy Murray Dobbin:
* It is clear from documents coming out of a Calgary conference in the spring that bulk water exports are being actively considered and that Canadian rivers are at risk.
* part of the “security” in the SPP is that Canada is being asked to guarantee US energy security – that is why there are no limits on the development of the tar sands. But this is in the US interests – not Canada’s and it will mean that we will never be able to get even close to meeting the Kyoto targets that we are committed to.
* some 300 areas of regulations are being reconciled with those in the US – most often meaning they are becoming weaker. Just one area that has been revealed shows that we are going to end up with higher levels of pesticide residue on our fruits and vegetables
* the only non-government sector guiding the government is big business – the largest corporations in Canada. The pesticide example demonstrates this: we are changing health standards because they are a “trade irritant” according to the govt. But is health experts were advising the government, and not just big business, they would recommend against these changes.
* part of the SPP/deep integration agenda has already been implemented and that is Stephen Harper’s adoption of US foreign policy and a blind acceptance of the so-called”war on terror” – something Canadians don’t agree with
* we are already integrating our police forces so that situations like the Mahar Arrar case cold easily happen again
* promoters of the SPP and deep integration with the US know that if there was a national debate they would lose – that is why the SPP is not a forma agreement like NAFTA but just an agreement between the three executive branches of Canada, the US and Mexico. They don’t want elected representatives to talk about this agreement.
* there is also growing opposition to the SPP in the US – for many of the same reasons – concerns over sovereignly and democracy.
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http://www.informati…
Canada’s Sovereignty in Jeopardy
The Militarization of North America
By Michel Chossudovsky
Canadian jurisdiction over its Northern territories was redefined, following an April 2002 military agreement between Ottawa and Washington. This agreement allows for the deployment of US troops anywhere in Canada, as well as the stationing of US warships in Canada’s territorial waters.
Also see
http://www.globalres…
http://www.globalres…
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Canada: Petition – Stop the Security and Prosperity Partnership
Get your copy of the petition at
http://www.vivelecan…
and get those signatures!
A CALL TO SUSPEND THE SECURITY AND PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP OF NORTH AMERICA (SPP) ON CONTINENTAL INTEGRATION
PETITION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
We, the Undersigned Citizens of Canada, draw attention to the House of the following:
WHEREAS, the implementation of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), further advances NAFTA’s goal of continental economic integration by pushing Canada towards establishing common policies with the United States and Mexico in key areas such as security, energy, and food and health standards, while shrinking the range of choices open to Canadian policy makers;
WHEREAS, the SPP encompasses over 300 wide-ranging initiatives, many of which reduce protection in areas such as pesticide use, food safety, air safety, and the environment to the lowest common denominator, as well as securing even greater U.S. control over Canadian resources and national standards, including energy and water;
WHEREAS, the SPP also seeks to incrementally merge our security policies and practices with those of the United States, and include measures such as a common security perimeter, with fully yielded control to the Bush administration over defence,
intelligence, immigration, and refugee policies, including sharing a vast amount of personal information with the US government;
WHEREAS, under the SPP, Canada will possess less and less ability to adopt autonomous and sustainable economic, social, cultural, and environmental policies, including public programs like universal healthcare and public education;
WHEREAS, the SPP has been proceeding away from public scrutiny, with no democratic mandate from the Canadian, American, and Mexican people;
WHEREAS, the Parliament of Canada has not been allowed to review, debate, or vote on a process that will fundamentally alter the fabric of our society and challenge our existence as a sovereign nation;
THEREFORE, your petitioners call upon the Government of Canada to stop further implementation of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) with the United States and Mexico until there is a democratic mandate from
the people of Canada, Parliamentary oversight, and consideration of its profound consequences on Canada’s existence as a sovereign nation and its ability to adopt autonomous and sustainable economic, social, and environmental policies, and urge
the Government of Canada to conduct a transparent and accountable public debate of the SPP process, involving meaningful public consultations with civil society and a full legislative review, including the work, recommendations, and reports of all SPP working groups, and a full debate and a vote in Parliament.
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Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen J. Harper
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa
K1A 0A2
Fax: 613-941-6900
E-mail: [email protected]
In a decade, there have been about 200 deaths from “Avian Flu”.
But mailboxes and media are now full of warnings about “The Coming Flu”. Who is behind this costly Shock Doctrine-style scare?
William Steiger, head of both Homeland Security and the SPP/North American Union. From their site:
http://usinfo.state….
Canadians, where do you think your health records might be now?
more soon… militarization of Canada, Atlantica, Cascadia, the AMERO currency…
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