Die SPP, Die

Sounds too good to be true to me, that the "three amigos" and those who wait in the Shadows will let the Security & Prosperity Partnership (SPP) dissolve like this, there is too much at stake and too much to gain for the Powers that Be to stop it. I think they're just taking it out of the public eye, way more behind the scenes.

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We recognize and embrace citizen participation as an integral part of our work together in North America. We welcome the contributions of businesses, both large and small, and those of civil society groups, non-governmental organizations, academics, experts, and others. We have asked our Ministers to engage in such consultations as they work to realize the goals we have set for ourselves here in Guadalajara.”

- North American leaders’ statement, August 10, 2009, Guadalajara, Mexico

SPP deactivated while 'three amigos' promise public consultation on North American agenda

OTTAWA, Aug. 14 /CNW Telbec/ - Opponents of the Security and Prosperity
Partnership (SPP)are celebrating a preliminary victory in reaction to the
announcement on the official U.S. government SPP website that the pact "is no
longer an active initiative" says the Council of Canadians.

While the 'deactivation' of the SPP is a significant victory, the Council
of Canadians cautions that opponents of deep integration must remain vigilant,
given that many of the SPP's key priorities - energy integration, regulatory
convergence, security policy harmonization - cropped up in the final leaders'
declaration from the Guadalajara summit this week.

   "Trade and the economy must serve people and communities. The SPP was an
attempt to turn that upside down so that people and communities would have to
serve the interests of large corporations," says Maude Barlow, National
Chairperson of the Council of Canadians."Widespread opposition to this
profoundly undemocratic model of globalization has brought the WTO to its
knees, killed the Free Trade Area of the Americas,and now halted the SPP. It's
time for our governments to abandon this agenda and not just try to rebrand it
again under a new name."

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YouTube - Stop SPP Protest - Union Leader stops provocateurs 

Integrate This: Challenging the Security & Prosperity Partnership of North America

Council of Canadians

Founded in 1985, the Council of Canadians is Canada’s largest citizens’ organization,
with members and chapters across the country. We work to protect Canadian independence 
by promoting progressive policies on fair trade, clean water, energy security, public
health care, and other issues of social and economic concern to Canadians.

SPP update

The North American leaders summit – where Canada, the United States and Mexico met to discuss progress on the Security and Prosperity Partnership – took place August 9 and 10 in Guadalajara, Mexico and Canadians knew almost nothing about it.

Watch videos of the protest and updated factsheets at www.IntegrateThis.ca.