Pro-Integration Corporations Should Not Be Shaping Canada's Economic Policy

Deep integration is nothing but the formal annexation of Canada and Mexico into the North American Union. I hold dual citizenship, so don't think I am anti-American. Actually, I feel like I am a super patriot of both Canada and America when I state that it would be the worst thing ever for the NAU to progress to completion. I stand against the global corporatist fascism in both countries that is so deeply embedded in the desire for a fortress North America, and hope that you do too.

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Michael

Perhaps de facto annexation rather than formal......?

(but annexation none-the-less)

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"We can have a democracy or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few. We cannot have both."
- Justice Louis Brandeis

Canada's deep integration with the USA means the following for Canada: more crime, lower wages, a lower standard of living, more bullshit from media spin doctors and more major corporate chains making it impossible for the little guy to compete.

Basically, more of the same garbage you are currently seeing infiltrating Canada's society today. Thanks Uncle Sam, we couldn't have done it without you! And, of course, we must also thank corporate yes men Harper and Mulroney for their involvement in screwing over Canadians. Their contributions to this major sell off will go down in history.

In other words, State Capitalism, which is what was in effect in both USSR and Nazi Germany. I say S.C. because none of this can happen without the cooperation and permission of the central government..........

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"We can have a democracy or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few. We cannot have both."
- Justice Louis Brandeis

One of the points in the FTA and NAFTA is that when a foreign corporation enters any of the participating countries, it will receive "national treatment", which means immediate citizenship rights. Regardless of the mile long convictions and illegal activities of the corporations

This means that the executives of the corporations are in fact have the right to form the national policies of all participating countries. Chapter 11 also means that foreign corporations have more rights than national ones, as they can sue any law that interferes with their profit making plans, whereas national businesses can not.

The purpose of "rules based free trade" is the elimination of democratic decision making powers. Period !!!!!!

I don't have the exact wording included in NAFTA, but it is basically the same as was used in the FTA, where Article 103: Extent of Obligations, states: "The Parties to this Agreement shall ensure that all necessary measures are taken
in order to give effect to its provisions, including their observance, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, by state, provincial and local governments"

Article 105: " Each Party shall, to the extent provided in this Agreement, accord national treatment with respect to investment and to trade in goods and services"

This means that all these treaties, and not "agreements" are in effect overruling all decision making powers and all laws and rules can be challenged for the purpose of profit making. The word "agreement" is only used to put the treaty into another legal category and mislead the public into believing that the conspiracy is about trade and not human rights.

The presently negotiated WTO/GATS treaty will also have provisions overruling local bylaws, zoning rights and labour laws, while permitting the importation of foreign labour to replace locals.

So, when Harper uses multinational pimps, excuse me, "executives" for the formulation of national policies, he's only following the demands of "rules based free trade"

Now off to build my chicken house.............

Ed Deak, Big Lake, BC.