Upcoming Meeting Fuels 'North American Union' Fears

Many opponents in the United States raise concerns about forfeiting U.S. sovereignty to the other governments -- especially Mexico -- in regard to immigration and labor policies. Opponents in Canada, as well as some liberals in the U.S., worry the United States is making a power play for control of Mexican and Canadian resources. The SPP is "quite literally about eliminating Canada's ability to set independent regulatory standards, environmental protection, energy security, foreign, military, immigration and a frighteningly wide range of other policies," according to the Council of Canadians, an anti-SPP group. In a fundraising letter Monday, Council of Canadians National Chairperson Maude Barlow wrote that "the decisions that Harper, Bush and Calderon make on Aug. 20 and 21 will affect the food we eat, the air we breathe and the human rights and civil liberties we enjoy." "The SPP's objectives include removing barriers and securing access to Mexican and Canadian natural resources," Dana Gabriel, author of the blog New World Order Must Be Stopped, wrote in a column opposing the SPP. "This will lead to the further corporate takeover of our resources, with more control of our oil and gas reserves in the hands of U.S. corporations." http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200708/NAT20070815b.html

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