While Ted may not have a record on international trade issues, his wife does. As a member of the influential and controversial Council on Foreign relations, and while working as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch in Houston, she was part of a task force which issued this report.
The report is available at the link via PDF download. Some of the specific recommendations of the task force I found interesting include:
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WHAT WE SHOULD DO BY 2010
• Lay the groundwork for the freer flow of people withinNorth America.
The three governments should commit themselves to the long-term goal of dramatically diminishing the need for the current intensity of the governments’ physical control of cross-border traffic, travel, and trade within North America. A long-term goal for a North American border action plan should be joint screening of travelers from third countries at their first point of entry into North America and the elimination of most controls over the temporary movement of these travelers within North America.
Develop a North American Border Pass. The three countries should develop a secure North American Border Passwith biometric identifiers. This document would allow its bearers expedited passage through customs, immigration, and airport security throughout the region. The program would be modeled on the U.S.-Canadian ‘‘NEXUS’’ and the U.S.-Mexican ‘‘SENTRI’’ programs, which Recommendations 9 provide ‘‘smart cards’’ to allow swifter passage to those who pose no risk. Only those who voluntarily seek, receive, and pay the costs for a security clearance would obtain a Border Pass. The pass would be accepted at all border points within North America as a complement to, but not a replacement for, national identity documents or passports.
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Expand NORAD into a multiservice Defense Command. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has for decades been the primary vehicle for expression of the unique defense alliance between Canada and the United States. As recommended in a report of the Canadian-U.S. Joint Planning Group, NORAD should evolve into amultiservice Defense Command that would expand the principle of Canadian-U.S. joint command to land and naval as well as air forces engaged in defending the approaches to North America.
In addition, Canada and the United States should reinforce other bilateral defense institutions, including the Permanent Joint Board on Defense and Joint Planning Group, and invite Mexico to send observers.
• Increase information and intelligence-sharing at the local and national levels in both law enforcement and military organizations. Law enforcement cooperation should be expanded from its current levels through the exchange of liaison teams and better use of automated systems for tracking, storing, and disseminating timely intelligence. This should be done immediately. In the area ofmilitary cooperation, collaboration can proceed more slowly, especially between U.S. and Mexican militaries. However, the ultimate goal needs to be the timely sharing of accurate information and intelligence and higher levels of cooperation.
The United States and Canada should invite Mexico to consider more extensive information-sharing and collaborative planning involving military organizations and law enforcement as a means to build mutual trust and pave the way for closer cooperation in the future. Training and exercises should be developed to increase the cooperation and interoperability among and between the law enforcement agencies and militaries. These steps will provide better capabilities for detection of threats, preventative action, crisis response, and consequence management. At least one major trilateral exercise conducted by law enforcement authorities and one by the militaries should be established as a goal over the next year. Of course, the 12 Building a North American Community extent of cooperation will be affected by the progress of reform of the police forces, customs, and judicial branch in Mexico.
In addition to the sharing of information, a Joint Analysis Center should be established immediately to serve as a clearing house for information and development of products for supporting law enforcement and, as appropriate, military requirements.
VOTE CLINTON!!!
Probably of interest to the Ted Cruz ping list.
Hell...they’re all on the take. We’re on our own.
She helped craft Building a North American Community while there.
taken from a another reply.
Any way out of this mess is going to involve leaders who see beyond their own interests and pasts. George Washington could have likely become a dictator, or president for life, but he walked away. Without many of his character, we’re doomed anyway. We don’t want politicians who are nihilists, they have to make the best play given the cards they are dealt.
Well, wow. I guess I’m going to have to vote for Jeb, the anointed one, aye? Not.
Yep, it’s amazing how much the world has changed in the
last few hundred years.
Mule train:
clippetty-clopping over hill and plain.
Seems as how they’ll never stop.
Clippetty-clop, clippetty-clop, clippetty, clippetty,
clippetty, clippetty, clippetty-clopping along.
Good grief. You are nuts.
I once sat on a committee to study environmental impacts on the community. I tried to keep things in bounds and used common sense as my guide. Doesn’t mean because I sat on the committee I was an environmental nut case.
I understand associations mean something but I need more information about her role as a member.
I get it; you don't have an agenda you are merely concerned for the rest of us... most obvious Jack!
There has been a movement for decades for Canadian provinces to join the USA as STATES.
From the FAQ pages:
http://unitednorthamerica.org/
3. Why isn’t Mexico included?
While Mexico is clearly geographically a part of North America, from a social and political perspective it more closely matches Central American nations. Canada and the United States share a great deal because of their common beginnings, common language and culture that were built within multi-ethnic, free and democratic societies. Mexico does share some similarities with Canada and the US, but the differences are still far larger. And from a practical perspective, the enormous cost of Mexico’s inclusion would heavily drain the Canadian and US economies.
4. Why should we use the US model?
Although the Canadian Constitution has many great components, it is missing some very valuable ingredients that were crafted long before it. This includes: an elected Head of State, an elected Senate, equal representation in the legislature, separate and equal branches of government, and the separation of church and state. Just as importantly, the US Constitution, unlike its Canadian counterpart, contains no special or extra rights for certain ethnicities, linguistic or religious groups, and lives true to the ideal that all men are created equal. While modern Canada is independent and free, it was not created that way. And so while the founders of the United States declared inalienable rights and a government of the people, by the people and for the people, the same cannot be found within the supreme laws that defines the Canadian system. Some might suggest a new Constitution, but the unique set of circumstances that gave birth to the original US Constitution is not so easily reproduced by modern politicians with the powerful political action groups and lobbies that exist today.
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Hmmm, bumping for later use.
Ted Cruz: The Council on Foreign Relations is a “Pit of Vipers”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfAHy_UrqH4