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Pro-Integration Corporations Should Not Be Shaping Canada's Economic Policy
Vive le Canada ^ | August 15, 2006 | Meera Karunananthan

Posted on 08/24/2006 8:14:38 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer

NACC should not be writing Canadian policy, says Council of Canadians

According to the U.S. Department of State, the North American Competitiveness Council (NACC) met in Washington today to find ways “to cut red tape or eliminate unnecessary barriers to trade in North America,” and to set priorities for the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP).

“Corporations such as Lockheed Martin, Wal-Mart, Suncor and Chevron should not be shaping economic policy between Canada and the United States,” says Jean-Yves LeFort, trade campaigner with the Council of Canadians. “The North American Competitiveness Council gives far too much power to business leaders who are clearly more interested in profit than in what’s best for Canada.”

Prime Minister Stephen Harper named ten corporate executives to the NACC at a meeting of North American leaders in Cancun, Mexico this past March. Nine of those ten appointees represent corporations that are members of the powerful Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE), whose North American Security and Prosperity Initiative led to the signing of the SPP by Canada, Mexico and the U.S. in March 2005.

The CCCE makes no secret of its ultimate goal: the integration of the Canadian and U.S. economies, the harmonization of our foreign, security and immigration policies, as well as common environmental, health and other regulations. In a meeting this past March, the U.S. branch of the NACC set five clear objectives for the SPP, including “energy integration,” and “private sector involvement in border security.”

“Harper and Bush have clearly given business leaders the green light to press forward on a North American model for business security and prosperity,” says Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians. “How truly accountable is the Harper government to the Canadian people when it gives preferential treatment to the big-business community in the design of its policies.”

The Council of Canadians demands that Canada cease all further participation in the North American Competitiveness Council and the Security and Prosperity Partnership, and that Stephen Harper consult with Canadians in a meaningful and participatory way on Canada-U.S. relations.

“During the elections, Harper promised to submit any ‘significant international treaty’ to a vote in Parliament,” says LeFort. “It is his duty to make Canada’s ‘security and prosperity’ a matter of public debate.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: corporaterights; cuespookymusic; individualrights; sovereignty; spp
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To: GMMAC

Are you the keeper of the Canadian ping list?


21 posted on 08/24/2006 9:29:30 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: GMMAC
Your group, www.cadanianally.com, is clearly in favor of the integration of Canada with the US, and PARROTS the globalist agenda in its mission statement.

In line with Canada's national interests, the Statement outlines a targeted, multi-year, strategic approach focused on five interrelated priorities:

REVITALIZING Canada's North American partnership with the United States and Mexico by enhancing security and promoting prosperity;

BUILDING a more secure world by countering terrorism, stabilizing failed and fragile states, and combatting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;

INCREASING domestic and global prosperity by strengthening Canada's competitiveness, enhancing international commercial engagement with key partners, and providing targeted services and support for Canadian businesses;

PROMOTING good governance by sharing Canadian expertise to reform global governance and enhance local capacity; and CRAFTING a new flexible diplomacy to deal with global developments


Globalese, using the UN style-writing guide.

No siree bob, there are no INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVES supporting national sovereignty in your organization, not at all.
22 posted on 08/24/2006 9:40:18 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer
Don't be so sure. If that website is maintained by the Canadian Embassy in D.C., presumably it speaks for the Harper Governement.

Meanwhile, as of August 12th, Prime Minister Harper launches Operation LANCASTER to assert Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic. I detect the usual amount of cognitive dissonance on your part.

23 posted on 08/24/2006 9:58:21 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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Governement = Government


24 posted on 08/24/2006 10:00:10 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy
I detect the usual amount of cognitive dissonance on your part.

Wouldn't that require cognition first?

25 posted on 08/24/2006 10:04:42 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Why are protectionists so bad at math?)
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To: Toddsterpatriot
Noting that Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic is recognized by 150 countries that have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Prime Minister Harper said the federal government is undertaking numerous measures to enforce Canada’s control over the Arctic. [emphasis added]

It's a plot.
26 posted on 08/24/2006 10:07:33 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy
It's a plot.

Great, now Jerome Corsi has the outline of his next book.

27 posted on 08/24/2006 10:09:45 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Why are protectionists so bad at math?)
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To: 1rudeboy
Funny you should bring that up. Canada has a funny way of asserting its 'sovereignty'.

As sailors and soldiers made ready to return home from a major Arctic sovereignty operation, a small military plane remained stuck in the mud on a bluff overlooking the Northwest Passage waiting for rescue or winter, whichever comes first.

Four Inuit reservists were ordered to stand guard nearby to protect the Twin Otter from polar bears,

28 posted on 08/24/2006 10:15:08 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: Toddsterpatriot

Yeah, only left-wing communists could oppose the integration of the three nations into a semi-socialist superstate! /s


29 posted on 08/24/2006 10:20:38 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Going partly violently to the thing 24-7!)
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To: GMMAC

So, opposing the SPP and NAU are xenophobic actions?


30 posted on 08/24/2006 10:21:55 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Going partly violently to the thing 24-7!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Yeah, only left-wing communists could oppose the integration of the three nations into a semi-socialist superstate

Lots of people oppose lots of things. Hedgetrimmer seems to always post the left wing side of the argument. I really like it when she posts from Communist organizations.

Ask her about CISPES.

31 posted on 08/24/2006 10:23:34 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Why are protectionists so bad at math?)
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To: 1rudeboy

1rudeboy seems to always post the left wing side of the argument-- the socialist government of Canada, for instance.


32 posted on 08/24/2006 11:05:02 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer; Clive; fanfan

Listen, if you do not follow Canadian politics, I completely understand. I should warn you that some here do.


33 posted on 08/24/2006 11:06:42 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy; Clive; fanfan
I should warn you that some here do.

Great! Then they should be able to name the ten corporate executives appointed to the NACC at a meeting of North American leaders in Cancun, Mexico this past March....whose North American Security and Prosperity Initiative led to the signing of the SPP by Canada, Mexico and the U.S. in March 2005. Because we would ALL like to know.

I am sure too, they can tell us whether the citizens of Canada have had a voice in this, and what percentage of Canadians support it.
34 posted on 08/24/2006 11:18:38 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu; GMMAC; Pikamax; Former Proud Canadian; Great Dane; Alberta's Child; ...
Canadians opinion wanted.

Canada ping.

Please send me a FReepmail to get on or off this Canada ping list.

35 posted on 08/24/2006 11:57:23 AM PDT by fanfan
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To: hedgetrimmer
the socialist government of Canada, for instance.

Poor hedgetrimmer.

36 posted on 08/24/2006 11:59:54 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Why are protectionists so bad at math?)
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To: hedgetrimmer
Then they should be able to name the ten corporate executives appointed to the NACC at a meeting of North American leaders in Cancun, Mexico this past March.

There is a link to all of the NACC members near the bottom of this webpage. I cannot open it since the computer I am working on does not have Adobe installed. Took me all of ten seconds to find.

37 posted on 08/24/2006 12:12:11 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Your link doesn't name the ten corporate executives appointed to the NACC.


38 posted on 08/24/2006 12:27:45 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer

What does it name, the corporations?


39 posted on 08/24/2006 12:28:36 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: hedgetrimmer
Seeing that the NACC was officially launched just over a month ago, it's entirely possible that the ten members have not been chosen.
40 posted on 08/24/2006 12:31:48 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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