President George Bush, President Vicente Fox of Mexico, and Prime Minister Paul Martin of Canada unveiled a blueprint for a safer and more prosperous North America when they announced the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) on March 23 in Waco, TX. They agreed on ambitious security and prosperity agendas to keep our borders closed to terrorism and open to trade. The SPP is based on the premise that security and our economic prosperity are mutually reinforcing, and recognizes that our three great nations are bound by a shared belief in freedom, economic opportunity, and strong democratic institutions.
The SPP provides the framework to ensure that North America is the safest and best place to live and do business. The Partnership is a trilateral effort to increase security and enhance prosperity among the three countries through greater cooperation and information-sharing.
Guided by a Leaders Statement and Action Plans on Security and Prosperity, Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers convened trilateral working groups to develop concrete work plans and specific timetables for securing North America and ensuring legitimate travelers and cargo efficiently cross our shared borders; enhancing the competitive position of North American industries in the global marketplace; and, providing greater economic opportunities for all of our societies while maintaining high standards of health and safety.
This is straight from the Home Page of the Website WWW.SPP.GOV
That's all well and good, and if that is ALL it was, no one would have their knickers all bunched up.
This AIN'T no NAFTA or even NAFTA-Lite.
What scares a bunch of us is:
"The CFR task force report called for establishment of a common security border perimeter around North America by 2010, along with free movement of people, commerce and capital within North America, facilitated by the development of a North American Border Pass that would replace a U.S. passport for travel between the U.S., Canada and Mexico.'
WHAT PART OF "OPEN BORDERS" DON'T YOU GET OUT OF THIS?
"Also envisioned by the CFR task force report were a North American court, a North American inter-parliamentary group, a North American executive commission, a North American military defense command, a North American customs office and a North American development bank.
IF THAT DOES NOT ADD UP TO A "NORTH AMERICAN UNION," PROPOSAL,THEN THOSE OF US WHO ARE "CONCERNED," MUST BE DISLEXIC, OR JUST PLAIN STUPID--OH YEAH, AND A BUCH OF CONSPIRACY THEORIST, AS "AMISHDUDE" CONTENDS.