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Report originally located at
http://www.usembassycanada.gov/content/can_usa/northamericancommunity_TF_final.pdf

The plan of this Canada-U.S.-Mexico task force is to establish a continent-wide customs union with a common approach to trade, energy, immigration, law enforcement and security that would virtually eliminate existing national borders. The task force released its recommendations for a common North American in May 17/18, 2005.There was minor reference to it in mainstream media - no headline presentation.

The recommendations include:

* a common security perimeter by 2010
* a North American Border Pass with biometric identifiers.
* a unified border and expanded customs facilities
* a single economic space
* a common external tariff.
* seamless movement of goods within North America.
* A North American energy strategy -as a regional alternative to Kyoto.
* Review those sectors of NAFTA that were excluded.
* A North American regulatory plan that would include "open skies and open roads" and a unified approach on food, health, and the environment.
* Expand temporary worker programs and create a "North American preference" for immigration for citizens of North America.
* A North American Investment Fund to build infrastructure to connect Mexico's poorer regions in the south to the market to the north.
* Restructure and reform Mexico's public finances.
* Fully develop Mexican energy resources (Mexico wisely kept their energy out of NAFTA)
* A permanent tribunal for trade and investment disputes.( Here is where any vestige of democratic government disappears)
* An annual North American summit meeting.
* A Tri-national Competition Commission with a common approach to trade remedies.
* Scholarships for a network of Centers for North American Studies. (To serve the corporations)
* Below is the list of the Members of the Independent Task Force on North America- Many are members of the Trilateral Commission - a similar corporate interest group from the USA, Japan and Western Europe )