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CFGC Newsletter September 2007
1) Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America
2) Stated Goals of the SPP
3) Criticism
4) CFGC STAFF SCHEDULE
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Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America
For the past six months there have been rumors that President George Bush will be joining Mexican President Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Harper for the second Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) summit in Canada, August 20-21, 2008, the same day this News Letter goes to print.
The purpose of this summit: To create a new North American “framework” that links the U.S., Mexico and Canada in ways that are a direct threat to the sovereignty of the United States. What was thought to be a rumor is not a rumor at all, but a possible truth that appears to be a secret kept from the average American. I decided to seek out the Security and Prosperity Partnership agreement, and what I have found, thus far, is for your information.
What is the Security and Prosperity Partnership? The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America is a continent-level agreement, founded on March 23, 2005 by the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States. The reason given for this agreement is to enhance security and economic cooperation in North America.
Through the SPP, the sitting heads of state of the United States and Mexico, along with the Prime Minister of Canada (a federal constitutional monarchy), seek to establish a cooperative approach to advance in common security and prosperity, promote economic growth, competitiveness, and quality of life, develop a common security strategy to further secure North America, focusing on securing North America from external threats, preventing and responding to internal threats within North America, and streamlining the secure and efficient movement of legitimate and low-risk traffic across shared borders.
The initial SPP Working Groups are the Manufacture Goods and Sectoral and Regional Competitiveness Working Group, E-Commerce & ICT Working Group, Energy Working Group, Transportation Working Group, Food & Agriculture Working Group, Environment Working Group, Financial Services Working Group, Business Facilitation Working Group, Movement of Goods Working Group, Health, and Immigration. (Immigration is not currently listed as a working group on the SPP website.)
These working groups are tasked with implementing the SPP as initiated by the North American Heads of State on March 23, 2005. They will consult with stakeholders; set specific, measurable and achievable goals and implementation dates; and of Government on June 23 with semi-annual progress reports thereafter. A 24-month agenda is established to serve as a timeline milestone to have the initial framework fully developed. Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America – Wikipedia, the: spp@yahoo/search
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Stated Goals of the SPP
The stated goals of the SPP are cooperation and information sharing, improving productivity, reducing the costs of trade, enhancing the joint stewardship of the environment, facilitating agricultural trade while creating a safer and more reliable food supply, and protecting people from disease.
The SPP is based on the belief that prosperity is dependent on security, and claims that the three nations are bound by a shared belief in freedom, economic opportunity, and strong democratic institutions. It is intended to assist, rather than replace existing bilateral and trilateral institutions like, NAFTA, and claims to work towards improving both the trade competitiveness and quality of life in North America.
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Criticism
The SPP has received criticism from commentators within the United States, such as CNN anchor Lou Dobbs, Glenn Beck, Phyllis Schlafly, and Human Events Magazine, on the grounds that they believe it will lead to an erosion of US sovereignty. In particular, they have expressed concern over position papers of the Council on Foreign Relations, which they perceive as advocating policies which would lead to integrated continental court systems and currency.
Opponents believe that once the connections and integration negotiations are completed, the proponents will bring to congress an “already baked cake” for them to expedite legislation codifying the agreements.
In Canada, criticism of the SPP has come from organizations such as the Council of Canadians and Common Frontiers. Like US conservatives, these groups are concerned with the complete absence of public involvement in tri-national discussions whose goal, they say, the “deep integration” of Canada with the United States. The Canadian criticism seems to have an emphasis on deregulation and hegemony of standards implicit in the SPP. The Council of Canadians has argued that this push towards economic union “will lead to the privatization of [Canada’s] health care, the loss of control of our resources, further compromises in trade deals of the kind seen in the United States-Canada softwood lumber dispute.”
“If you have been scratching your head trying to figure out why President Bush has pushed so hard for amnesty, here’s your ‘smoking gun.’
An effort is underway to create a North American “framework that will all but eliminate hard borders between Mexico, the US and Canada. This ‘framework’ includes a ‘trusted travelers’ program that allows ‘citizens of North America’ to move freely within the three countries.
No wonder the President is pushing amnesty!” alert@grassfire.net
I trust that each of you will use the links associated with this article to further educate yourself on this issue; I did.
– Hosea Amos
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