Will we let the elite pull the plug on Canada's sovereignty? A documentary exploring the Security and Prosperity Partnership and how it is a stepping stone for an eventual North American Union. The film also explores the resistance movement to the SPP and the protests of August 2007 in Montebello, Canada. For inquiries about obtaining a high-quality DVD, please contact: nations.deathbed.movie@gmail.com or dan@pressfortruth.ca.
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Movie seems not to be available. Did Google censor it like they have started to do in the United States? I would like to get a copy if anyone knows where I can do that.
Looks like formatting got messed up in the story. I can't edit the original link, as Susan posted the story.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 1008474466
All-accusation-no-evidence claims to the contrary, the SPP seems to be just what they claimed - a series of low-level agreements on trade and security.
Despite all the accusations and handwaving from conspiracy theorists, they've yet to show any evidence that anyone in power in the US or Canada is interested in any EU-style "North American Union". Even setting aside the burden of proof, they've yet to come up with a credible reason why Canada would join it.
Instead the conspiracy theorists wave about "Building a North American Community", ignoring the fact that it was written by private lobbyists, not any government agency. And they ignore the fact that we've since done the OPPOSITE of what it calls for. Canada rejected the "common security perimeter". Far from the borders being made "more transparent", we have passport requirements and other blocks on the border for the first time EVER.
And North America isn't Europe. It hasn't had the cycle of major war after major war that the EU was created to end. Not just WWII, WWI and the Napoleonic wars, but "little" ones like Thirty Years War - a third of the population of Germany wiped out.
More importantly, the EU has several major powers, and plenty of smaller ones that could team up. No one country can dominate the rest. North America on the other hand would be totally dominated by the US population and economy. So for Canada to join, it would require equal say in things like legal and monetary policy. This in turn would be unfair to Americans. It won't happen.
*** The BAD news ***
Speaking of the EU......
Three days after the election, Canada will be negotiating a "massive integration" with the EU. We've talked about it before, but this time it looks like its going to happen. The collapse of the Doha Round of WTO negotiations and the implosion of the US financial system has made it more urgent.
The original Globe & Mail article - the one with the most information - is no longer current and requires a subscription:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... login=true
Here's a National Post editorial on it:
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blog ... sions.aspx
"All 10 premiers are said to be on board, provisionally, with getting a deal done. " (The Globe and Mail story also made this claim.)
And the Calgary Herald has a good story on it:
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/new ... fea08a2729
(Nevertheless, after the election people will claim that it was kept secret, we never had the opportunity to vote on it, etc. The major parties all know about it. They're on-side, which is why they're not going to criticize it until *after* the election. Just like they didn't draw attention to or criticize the GST until *after* the Mulroney/Turner election - though it was no secret to anyone paying attention before.)
If it were just free trade, I'd welcome this agreement.
But add the issue of European companies providing government services in Canada, and the "geographic indicator" issue where products such as cheeses can't be produced under those names outside their places of origin, and it goes too far for me.
http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/Home/C ... &date=True