Prime Minister Stephen Harper Could Stop The North American Union

Yet, when one of the biggest pushers of the NAU, Tom d'Aquino was on CBC radio 2-3 weeks ago, he laughingly dismissed any suggestion that any plans for the NAU even exist. It was all a conspiracy theory by the Council of Canadians.

I wonder what his North American Competitiveness Council and his suggestion, with John Manley for "deep integration" are about ?

Ed Deak.

Anyone who beklieves and swallows this shit will get sick
for this crap to come prior to an election ought to be enough to warn of harpres true intentions


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"And God said: 'Let there be Satan, so people don't blame everything on me. And let there be lawyers, so people don't blame everything on Satan."

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You have to remember that Judi MacLeod is a promoter of the right wing agenda. There are two points to consider: (1) one is the right wing concept of "incrementalism" in which a certain agenda is promoted in a step by step fashion; (2) those who actually seek the NAU are not at that position as yet.

I actually doubt that even a majority of the right wing economic faction want the NAU. They need competition between different governments as leverage to achieve their self-interested objectives.

That does not mean that Harper does not support the concept of economic integration. It is interesting tha d'Aquino used the term integration until people began to react to the idea and then he found new "terms" to describe virtually the same thing. This is a typical neo-con strategy.

With people so focused on the NAU concept there is a danger that they miss what is actually incrementally happening on a whole series of levels including energy integration, common regulations, infrastructure, security and so on.

Some day, for example, we may be facing long electrical blackouts in the middle of winter to supply industries in North America with electrical power. One of the major features of the interim proposal is that market forces will be allowed to drive energy prices making it easier for corporations to gain access to electricity while putting the price out of the reach of consumers. With a government only interested in hearing one-side of an issue, and that of large producers, there is danger for all of us.

For Stephen Harper to come out against the NAU would not be sufficient to ensure our interests are protected.

With the money creating powers in the hands of a special interest sector, any concept of "market forces", or "market economy" have long gone down the drain, because they can create any amount of capital to take over and control everything from production to use and the unwashed masses have no right, or power to say anything.

What can we do, when the prices in all stores and supermarkets go up at the same time, because now the word "competition" became the licence for extorting the biggest profits.

In other words, "market economy has killed the markets"

E.g The prices we get for our cattle are forcing ranchers to go broke all over, while the meat prices in the supermarkets are rising every week.

If this isn't a conspiracy to defraud, I don't know what the hell else it could be called?

Ed Deak.

Ed,

I, too, have noticed this disparity for quite some time.

Here is a question that has been in the back of my mind for a time:

Why do the farmers not form a cooperative to sell directly to the ultimate customer, therefore by-passing the 3 or so middlemen? Even with the cost of courier delivery added the overall gains to the farmer and the customer would be substantial.

This brings up another point: Why are the slaughter houses almost totally foreign owned? You will recall that during the beef embargo to the US the Canadian government's help to the cattle ranchers wound up in the slaughter house owner's pockets. Another perfect opportunity for a cooperative.

Is there a legal impediment to this, or just laziness on part of the growers/producers?

H.F. Wolff

I was going to make a comment here, but after reading the article over again I <br />
decided to write to the author. Posted it here<br />
<a href="http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20070322205910716">http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20070322205910716</a><br />
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The author wrote me back and said she was no fan of Harper's and that I had <br />
misunderstood. I wrote her back and said apparently I had and so had many <br />
others due to the words she used, I suggested she write another with her real <br />
views. We'll see if she does?<p>---<br>"aaaah and the whisper of thousands of tiny voices became a mighty deafening roar and they called it 'freedom'!"' Canadians Acting Humanely at home & everywhere

One of the reasons I believe that farmers find it difficult to create co-operatives is access to adequate capital. To create a successful co-operative you need both processing capacity and a distribution system. To set this up it would take both time and large amounts capital. Farmers have virtually all of their personal capital tied up in their farms. They need outside financing beyond the value of the co-op share price.

For such a system to get a chance given the market control by corporations would require government assistance and co-operation (federal and provincial). Most governments today are more or less right wing and would see this as interference in the "free market." Just as there is a major attack on marketing boards and supply management by those committed to right wing theory, governments seek to turn the food supply over to those who adopt the "maximization of profits at all costs" ideology.

If you look at what happens to many politicians once they leave office you will see that their actions while in government can be lucrative after leaving politics. They often lobby within government to protect or to support corporate interests.

Innes,

Thank you for your reply. It makes sense... I know how much effort it takes to keep my "one man band" paying the bills.

H.F. Wolff

"Sources close to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper tell Canada Free Press that he is firmly against Canada being part of the North American Union (NAU)."

"What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." Next, they'll say Harper actually believes in global warming or the troops are doing well in Afghanistan.


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