Posted on 11/15/2004 1:59:37 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
North American national borders would be virtually eliminated under plans being considered by senior business and political leaders from Canada, the United States and Mexico for a "NAFTA-plus," continent-wide, customs-free zone with a common approach to trade, energy, immigration, law enforcement and security.
A tri-national task force, chaired by former Liberal Party deputy prime minister John Manley, with the full backing of all three governments, is plotting the roadmap for this new, bolder alliance meant to compete with the European Union. William Weld, former governor of Massachusetts and Pedro Aspe, former Mexican finance minister, join Manley on the panel that reports directly to the Council on Foreign Relations.
The mission has the formal blessing of Tom Ridge, U.S. Homeland Security secretary, who is close with President Bush.
The committee is scheduled to issue its report next spring.
The elimination of borders along the lines of the EU experiment seems to be high on the agenda of the panel.
"I think we've had 11 years of incrementalism, and during that time we've seen the EU expand its borders, eliminate borders among (member) countries and launch a common currency," explains Manley in the diplomatic magazine Embassy. "We're going to have to provide a vision that is more bold than incrementalism. What's the choice? Europe has made enormous steps in the years since NAFTA was signed. China has been going through a transformative process. In Canada, our only leverage is access to the U.S. market. If we're not going to develop and pursue how we use our advantage of location to be the foundation for future prosperity, then we are going to have to figure out another vision."
The "NAFTA-plus" plan has also been referred to as "deep integration." Skeptics see it as a plan to eliminate national sovereignty and erode the American concept of representative government accountable to the people under the framework of the Constitution.
Discussions so far indicate that Canada, under the new agreement, would immediately sign on to the U.S. strategic missile defense initiative. Canada would also make its vast lumber resources available to the U.S. and Mexican markets and provide more open access to the northern neighbor's oil, natural gas and hydro-electric power resources.
Other members of the task force include: Canadian Finance Minister Michael Wilson and Nelson Cunningham of Henry Kissinger's consulting firm, Kissinger McLarty Associates.
Sometimes I think Mexico's problems is that it is really two or three very separate cultures.
"Sometimes I think Mexico's problems is that it is really two or three very separate cultures."
Well said. I love the place, but as you say there seems to be no solution. It just is what it is. "Como Mexico no hay dos"...
It's information in this article that gives credibility to the opinions expressed by those our government labels the 'wacko' fringe. Brings to mind the false character assassinations the government was feeding America before they massacred every man woman and child ( eighty-seven in total ) in Waco, Texas.
AuntB: "Five out of 6 news articles didn't even bother to mention he was illegal".
Before we go to meet our Maker, the cork on this bottle is going to pop......and I can't think of a better way to close my last chapter.
Craig McCaw, founder of McCaw Cellular had an interesting idea. He wanted to buy Baja California for about $150M, and turn it around like one would turn around any other corporation. After you see the real estate prices rise to the same level as Orange County or San Francisco and an immense creation of wealth, his group could be free to pursue the remaining parts of Mexico and other parts of Central America in a similar operation. The whole thing could be turned into a patchwork of territories with their own unique tourist-driven economies. I find it fascinating. The end result is the same -- one big country.
In light of recent events, it may be time to at least dicker with the mortician over "arrangements."
The Red Carpet is being laid as we speak.
Rumor has it Vincente Fox had ordered the deep pile with "extra padding."
"WTF!!!!"
"When did the CFR take over these united States of America?"
Oh??
Are we still a "sovereign nation?"
NO.
The agenda of the New World Order according to the ruling elites and their whore lapdogs, is proceeding right along under the new Republican administration ... just as it did under the Klinton gangsters."
(Clouds open, sunlight burst through)
How do you do business with a government as corrupt as Mexico ? What a joke.
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