CEOs Admit Need For Input From Legislature On SPP

"In particular, the leaders should consider ways to ensure that legislatures of the three countries remain fully informed about progress and actively engaged in the process of improving the region's competitiveness." Canadian members of the NACC, created in 2006, include the CEOs of Bell Canada Enterprises, the Bank of Nova Scotia and the Canadian National Railway Company. The Council of Canadians and several other groups have demanded greater transparency, painting the NACC as a secretive and elite club that uses special access with prime ministers and presidents to push an agenda of continental integration. Barlow said the "jaw-dropping" report is an admission that the SPP won't succeed without more public input. "We've saying that for three years, and for three years they've been having their private meetings with leaders and scoffing at us for criticizing them," Barlow said outside a Montebello ice cream stand. "For me, what happened was they got caught. All of a sudden they're admitting that this executive level of decision-making isn't going to fly because they forgot about democracy. I see this as a true vindication of our position."... Full article: http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=8775f9c1-60aa-4c68-a242-e418cfa0547f

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