Political Tectonic Shift: Energy Policy Under The North American Union (NAU)

In a process underway for decades in secret, and more recently coming to the brink of emergence, the three nations currently occupying the continent of North America are to be merged economically, and, to a greater extent than any of their respective populations yet realize, politically. This is known as the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP). On March 23 in 2005, the SPP agreement was signed formally by the three government leaders of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. (Ref. 2) Political Tectonic Plates Shifting Whether it is “only” a new layer of government that will be overlaid on top of existing ones, or whether the unified administration will ultimately replace the existing three governments in Ottawa, Washington, and Mexico City, the SPP represents a violent shakeup of the ground we thought we had under our feet. A tsunami of daily-life consequences will flood over everyone as well, as all areas of financial and social law are to be “harmonized” to make it easier for business. To those setting up this continental administration, borders are simply a hindrance to commerce. Modeled on the European Economic Community (EEC), the North American Union (NAU) seeks to minimize and ultimately to eliminate such inconveniences. Because elected officials participate along with the CEOs of oil businesses in the working groups and councils which are finalizing the details, the official stance is that the push toward this union is a “democratic” one. All that is missing from their apparent working definition of that word is a mandate from the electorates of the three countries. Many Canadians voting in the January 2006 election were led to believe, based on the campaign slogans of Steven Harper, that they were voting for a nationalist leader. He claimed he would “stand up for Canada” – all the while clearly planning to do the opposite. Under working groups and the “North American Competitiveness Council” (NACC), a single administration for the continent is already being set up, with ministries and secretariats of its own. It is not yet publicly known exactly what form this will take, but the political and social traditions of each country are on the table -- or maybe the chopping block. The plans are to be completed by the end of 2006. Within one to four years, residents of all parts of North America will be facing a monolithic administration – most likely without any of our original constitutions, and possibly without our familiar political party setups and legal systems. This is not a wild conspiracy theory, nor is what little has been published based on guesswork. The union of North America is the official policy of the U.S. government. (Ref. 3) Government Secrecy: Canadian officials silent Organizers of the event in Canada were the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, an elite club of Canada’s richest CEOs, and the Canada West Foundation, a very right-wing and pro-SPP think-tank based in the Alberta oil patch. We Canadians have been encountering total stonewalling from our own government on the subject. Even recent and current Prime Ministers, who know perfectly well what is going on, have refused to discuss it. And because they have not permitted the issue to arise during any recent election, there is certainly no mandate from the Canadian public to negotiate an agreement to terminate the country. Stockwell Day, a former leader in the Conservative (or as it was then called, Alliance) party, and now Minister of Public Safety in the Conservative federal government, was an active participant in Banff. His office is flatly refusing to answer questions from journalists. This was disclosed by the founder of the citizen watchdog group Council of Canadians, Maude Barlow, who has pointed out that it’s the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE) which lobbies the government and continually pushes the notion that because the economies of the two countries are already partly integrated, Canadian “domestic laws are essentially redundant.” (Ref. 12). Her concern is that the idea of redundancy of our laws will be extended to the government itself, and that because its government is seen as redundant, Canada itself will be made to disappear. Not a journalist with a job to protect, Barlow is nearly the only person to crack the barrier of media silence. And because her “Op-Ed” piece was published in only two Canadian newspapers (though undoubtedly it was offered to many more), that didn’t amount to much more than a squeak. Her article is hard to find online unless you are a paid subscriber to the Calgary Herald; at the time of writing the complete text was available in full only by email and within a frame article on a Toronto-based independent blog site. (Ref. 13) Because Barlow is determinedly “non-political” in that she has never joined or endorsed a political party, perhaps this tiny chink in the stonewall of silence was permitted in order to imply that it’s only the “fringe” that worries about national sovereignty, and thereby to suggest that it’s not something to worry about. . Internet Activism in Canada Some Canadian activists belong to splinter parties which arose due to frustration with media silence in the face of the rapid erosion of national sovereignty. These people have been working to discover the facts, and are circulating by email and on websites what is being carefully excluded from mass-market news. A group called "Vive le Canada" (French for "long live Canada") cites polls showing that Canadians want more distance from the Bush Administration and its policies, especially foreign policy. However, the preceding Prime Minister ignored what the public was saying in many polls, and even borrowed the name of the agreement signed in 2005 from the Canadian financial establishment's "Security and Prosperity Initiative". Their plan, and the process of “deep integration” have gone ahead rapidly while Canadians, like Americans, mostly remain in the dark. A task force has created a continent-wide customs union with a common approach to trade, energy, immigration, law enforcement and security that would virtually eliminate existing national borders. As of 2002, military integration was implemented. Although officially the war in Afghanistan is now being called a NATO operation, Canadian soldiers are under American command there. Harmonization of all other areas of law and commerce is already going ahead as well. Quebec’s civil law is based on Napoleonic code which they value as part of their perception of themselves as culturally unique, while English common law is the basis of law in other provinces. Quebecers, some of whom support the NAU, have not yet been told about the harmonization of laws. They make take a dim view of this if their language, culture and legal system are not going to get special protection in the unified North America. A comprehensive timeline of the progress of deep integration and the creation of the North American Union (NAU) can be read at the Vive le Canada website. (Ref. 17). Can this North American Union be Stopped? Without an immediate and overwhelming groundswell of political will from a MAJORITY within the general populations of each of the three countries, it is difficult to see how the already-far-advanced union of North America can be disentangled. The corporate media’s silence seems calculated to make sure that no rumbles of disturbance will wake the sleeping giant of public opinion and derail the union this time. News might stir up the emotions of people who cling to old and, according to the planners, outdated loyalties. No matter how many credible and high-level individuals oppose an official dogma (ref. 27), if the mass media does not report their testimony, the public can be kept in a state of acquiescence with the policy or situation they are trying to challenge. And the mental laziness of many who believe only what’s been on the nightly TV news, and reject every other idea remains the majority opinion, the massive popular political awakening required to stop the NAU may not occur in sufficient numbers, if at all. Too many people still associate their love of country with support for Big Oil. Due to Canadian soldiers dying in Afghanistan, the Harper government is using the slogan “support our troops” (against alleged foreign terrorists) in the same manner as the Bush Administration. The Canadian Action Party is countering by adding “bring them home” to the slogan. (Ref.) Knee-jerk responses buttressed by anomalous emotional intensity are routine against any hint that the elected government might not be acting for the best interests of the nation. To a suggestion that long-term manipulation of the system for their own benefit by certain wealthy families and individuals (ref. 28) has been able to override the famous checks and balances on which the American constitution has always depended, there is usually an apoplectic reactions from the complacent media consumers. They are simply unable to believe that this could or would happen, and because that belief is unassailable, may not be exercising the needed vigilance to ensure that the system does not become perverted. Media giants have, of course, spent big bucks hiring very convincing and handsome news anchors, and heavily promote the notion of placing trust in these individuals. A servile philosophy has grown around the idea of the news anchor as the source of all truth, even if it’s based on sloppy reasoning. (Ref. 29) Intellectual sleaze is a foundational principle of the billion-dollar business of selling news, or “infotainment”. As long as the news sells, it doesn’t even matter whether it’s true. REFERENCES: Ref. 1: http://pesn.com/2006/08/03/9500295_wireless_transmission/ - See especially Act III, scenes 4 & 6, and Act IV, Scene 3. Ref. 2: http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20050408203411606 - The three leaders cannot all be referred to as “head of state” which applies only to Presidents Bush and Fox. Although recent Prime Ministers have been acting nearly as if they were head of state, in Canada officially this status still belongs the Queen, via her representative the Governor-General. Ref. 3: http://www.thenewamerican.com/artman/publish/article_4213.shtml Ref. 4: http://usinfo.state.gov/wh/americas/mexico/trilateral_meeting.html Ref. 5: http://www.safehaven.com/article-5480.htm Ref. 6: http://www.SPP.gov Ref. 7: “The Bush Administration’s efforts to cover up the North American Union: Myths, Facts - Truth? (Federal Observer; Sept. 20, 2006) Ref. 8: http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/9/18/154846/236 - Text of Gore’s speech, and reader comments. See also coverage at PESN.com: Will Carbon Freeze Be Enough? Ref. 9: http://www.thenewamerican.com/artman/publish/article_4213.shtml Ref. 10: List of participants at the Banff Conference. Ref. 11: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2006/09/21/secret-meeting.html Ref. 12: http://www.canadians.org/... Ref. 13: The text of Barlow’s article “Integration talks kept in the dark” is within an independent blog article about censorship at http://chandrasutra.wordpress.com/2006/09/23/welcome-to-it-red-shirts-secret-meetings-and-censorship/ Ref. 14: http://www.davidorchard.com/online/2do-index.html Ref. 15: email 1 September 2006, circulated in Canada by leader of Canadian Action Party. Transcription of recorded call (listen): "Hi there, it's Mark Harrison from the CBC calling; you'd sent a note asking for a call back about why we are not doing anything on the North-American Union and the NAFTA Highway. Ummm. Several years ago there was a big push to a, sort of a broader union, and it died on the, sort of on the shoals of national self-interest. And I don't imagine we'll be doing more on this one until there is an indication that this will be moving forward. "Ummm... and that... doesn't.... seem apparent at the moment but if there is any indication that it is moving forward and anything towards a One World Government under the United Nations we'll certainly be doing something on it but... ahhhh... we are not there yet in our opinion... ahh hh... thanks for the call. Take care. Bye now." Ref. 16: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2006/09/21/secret-meeting.html - this link is also live from the New American site current-issue index. Ref. 17: http://www.vivelecanada.ca/... Ref. 18: http://educate-yourself.org/lte/savingamerica13sep06.shtml Ref. 19: http://www.infowars.com/police_state.html Ref. 20: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2006/... Ref. 21: In a meeting that evening between some visitors from out of town and Wright, who calls himself a “recovering economist”, I was able to see this footage. Alex expressed his objections to secret meetings loudly through a bullhorn, asserting that he doesn’t fear the powerful. The police remained out of the frame, and no faces ever appeared in the hotel’s windows. Jeremy Wright produced the video “Celsius 911”, which is available from http://www.globaloutlook.ca/videos2.htm. Ref. 22: See article “Web Pioneer: No Internet Without Net Neutrality” posted September 28th, 2006, by tkarr Ref. 23: “Whistle Blower Releases Secret Agenda of NAU meeting in Banff, Alberta, Canada Sept 12-14, 2006” - Email from C. Fogal to mailing list of Canadian Action Party, September 20, 2006 5:57:23 EDT. Ref. 24: Participant list at NAU meeting in Banff Ref. 25: http://www.fina-nafi.org/eng/fina/presentation.asp?count=eng Ref. 26: http://www.fina-nafi.org/eng/triumvirat07/... Ref 27: http://patriotsquestion911.com/ Ref 27b: http://www.canadianactionparty.ca/.../CAP_Truth_Shirts_Movement_for_Peace.asp Ref 28: http://www.freedomisforeverybody.org/skullandbones.php Ref. 29: http://peswiki.com/index.php/Review:David_R._Hawkins:Truth_vs_Falsehood Ref. 30: http://www.reclaimdemocracy.org/personhood/mayer_personalizing.html Ref. 31: http://www.thenewamerican.com/artman/publish/article_4213.shtml Ref. 32: Text of leaked document - Banff NAU working agenda. Ref 33: http://cesp.stanford.edu/ Ref. 34 http://www.oread.ku.edu/Oread03/Dec12/oil.html - Also reported on Discovery Channel Canada 27 Sept 2006 is a pipeline-fed oilfield using sequestered CO2. Ref. 35 Canadians are currently being subjected to a particularly lame PR ad which extols the virtues of the Shell Oil company for its intention to serve humanity’s need for energy by removing the oil from the Alberta Oil Sands and then “returning the land to nature” by “putting the sand back.” They pat themselves on the back for “reclaiming the land for tomorrow”. The high-sounding blather omits mentioning that the result of that process will be to create a sand desert in place of the brush ecosystem that exists there currently. Well, I suppose a sandy desert is “natural” in their minds; after all, it’s the kind of setting where oil is found in the Middle East. But it’s not natural in the Canadian landscape. Ref. 36: http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/05-06/mar04.html Ref. 37: http://www.emrg.sfu.ca/sustainablefossilfuels/ Ref 38: http://pesn.com/2006/09/26/9500240_COFE_report Ref. 39: http://www.alternet.org/story/24293/ Ref. 40: http://peswiki.com/energy/Directory:Suppression Ref. 41: Famous conclusion of T.S. Eliot poem from which Al Gore quoted lines at a transitional point early in his speech. The complete text can be found online. Does that poem summarize how our civilization will be remembered (if it’s remembered at all)? Full Article: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=HAL20061002&articleId=3363 [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on October 11, 2006]

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