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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: hedgetrimmer
No. We're as close as any two sovereign nations can be but still jealously guarding our independence. Each has outstanding attributes of governing: eg: our civil court system is more equitable and easier to access to the small business and individual; the Canadian healthcare system delivers excellent care to all levels of society whereas we do not; the parlimentary government is less stable than our three independent branches with clear separation of powers and strong judicial review. There others that an investigative essay could describe; but not here.

It's better to be close friends than move in together and risk the best of each.

41 posted on 08/24/2006 12:39:54 PM PDT by middie
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To: DumpsterDiver
Priorities for the U.S. Section of the North American Business Committee

Energy Integration

Supply Chain Management/Trade Facilitation/Customs Reform

Regulatory/Standards issues - Harmonization and Sharing of Best Practices

Counterfeiting and Piracy – “Fake Free North America”

Private Sector Involvement in Border Security and Infrastructure Projects
42 posted on 08/24/2006 12:50:44 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: DumpsterDiver
A Compact for North American Competitiveness
43 posted on 08/24/2006 12:56:34 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
"So, opposing the SPP and NAU are xenophobic actions?"

No, in my view, the so-called 'Council of Canadians' relentlessly promotes/practices a brand of strident nationalism which can reasonably be defined as xenophobic.

Seemingly Marxism primarily drives this outfit's actions/policies in any area related to, especially international, economics.

If this sounds contradictory it's because the entire Canadian left is a bundle of contradictions & hypocrisy particularly when it comes to anything to do with nationalism and/or sovereignty:

Not withstanding that all of them are anti-American differing only by varying degrees of fanaticism, whenever one of their Stateside fellow travelers, like Michael Moore or Bill Clinton, comes to visit they'll literally kiss their backsides.

However, just let any American to the political right of, say, Joe Lieberman so much as cast a stray glance across America's northern border and well ...
44 posted on 08/24/2006 2:49:49 PM PDT by GMMAC (Discover Canada governed by Conservatives: www.CanadianAlly.com)
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To: hedgetrimmer
"... the socialist government of Canada ..."

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45 posted on 08/24/2006 3:36:03 PM PDT by GMMAC (Discover Canada governed by Conservatives: www.CanadianAlly.com)
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To: hedgetrimmer

NAFTA is not a merger of countries, and the United States and Canada have had close trade ties for much of both countries' history.


46 posted on 08/24/2006 6:21:39 PM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( http://www.answersingenesis.org)
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To: hedgetrimmer

The United States and Canada are not any two random countries. They both share a very close relationship with each other.


47 posted on 08/24/2006 6:25:20 PM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( http://www.answersingenesis.org)
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To: Toddsterpatriot; hedgetrimmer
For you hedgetrimmer.

If you mention a person in a comment, you generally should post to them, too.

48 posted on 08/24/2006 6:27:45 PM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( http://www.answersingenesis.org)
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To: 1rudeboy
I swear that I REALLY am going to buy stock in Reynolds Wrap!
49 posted on 08/24/2006 6:48:29 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: hedgetrimmer

Most of them think it is already and have done, for more than a century. Yes, that is a joke, but only sort of. LOL


50 posted on 08/24/2006 6:51:09 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: 1rudeboy

LOL


51 posted on 08/24/2006 6:53:54 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
If you mention a person in a comment, you generally should post to them, too.

I didn't mention a person in that post.

52 posted on 08/24/2006 7:23:26 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Why are protectionists so bad at math?)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

Huh?


53 posted on 08/24/2006 7:51:32 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

Ok


54 posted on 08/24/2006 7:53:35 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: nopardons

I guess you're the expert. That must be why our elected leadership is going so socialist, they're pandering to the Candadian contingent.


55 posted on 08/24/2006 7:55:23 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.......

Look, you are the LAST person on the face of the earth, to try to smear me, or anyone else, with such schoolyard tactics; honey. You're the one who keeps posting from lefties and agreeing with them.

56 posted on 08/24/2006 8:00:56 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

I don't smear.


57 posted on 08/24/2006 8:12:53 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha


58 posted on 08/24/2006 8:13:35 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons
Is this a smear?
59 posted on 08/24/2006 8:19:22 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: nopardons
Is this a smear?
60 posted on 08/24/2006 8:20:48 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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