[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Pesticide harmonization isn't 'deep integrationist,' it's common sense. If Americans (or Mexicans) are going to buy Canadian produce, then that produce should comply with the laws of the land in which it is sold. Mexico has more of a way to go than Canada.

The superhighway. There is trade that goes on between Canada, the United States, and Mexico. There has been trade going on between what is now those three countries for millennia. There are already smaller roads connecting all three nations.

Canada has a lot of fresh water. Even if it is roughly the same amount at that of their southern neighbor, Canada's population is about a tenth of the American populace.

The no-fly list. That's for security. A recent news story. A man infected with TB flew from Europe to Canada and then drove from Canada to the United States (he was flagged by the American no-fly list when he tried to get a direct flight back to the United States).

The American dollar is already the international currency. If Canada, the United States, and Mexico are going to have a single currency, it would make sense to just adopt the American dollar (and call it the American dollar--Canada and the United States already use the term dollar, and Mexico would probably be on board with it, too). No need for a stupid 'Amero.' Canada exports a lot of oil (so does Mexico). That's BUSINESS. Canada and Mexico produce a surplus of oil, and sell it here, where there's demand for the stuff.

[hedgetrimmer]

Pesticide harmonization isn't 'deep integrationist,' it's common sense

No it isn't. Canada has a different climate and different agricultural base than the US.

[hedgetrimmer]

There are already smaller roads connecting all three nations.

With borders and citizen oversight. The SPP thinks citizens are a "barrier to trade" and must be removed from the goods transport equation. Hence their suggestions for unclogging the so-called 'bottleneck' at the border by creating a super highway where they can move their goods without interference from the annoying little gnats called citizens.

[hedgetrimmer]

Canada has a lot of fresh water.

The people of Canada do. Transnational corporations want that water for profit, so they want to usurp the authority of the Canadian people over their own resources. Why should a transnational corporation or foreign nation have a greater say than the citizens of a country?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The superhighway. There is trade that goes on between Canada, the United States, and Mexico. There has been trade going on between what is now those three countries for millennia. There are already smaller roads connecting all three nations.

Plus, there are numerous north-south corridors in the US that Congress has designated for improvement, as well as a group (NASCO) pushing for improvements on I-35, I-29, and I-94.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The American dollar is already the international currency. If Canada, the United States, and Mexico are going to have a single currency, it would make sense to just adopt the American dollar (and call it the American dollar--Canada and the United States already use the term dollar, and Mexico would probably be on board with it, too).

I'll accept that if the Federal Reserve is abolished. Otherwise, the Fed would end up screwing over Canada and Mexico, as well as the US, should it make a mistake with its monetary policy.