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.”
And yes, THAT is a smear; kinda. LOL
So why don't you attack the 'smearers'?
Why don't YOU stop posting drivel?
Don't you just love it when she plays the victim? "Mommy, Mommy! I keep posting lefty stuff on FR and people are making fun of me! Waah!"
Grant Aldonas
Mittal Steel
United StatesJosé Luis Barraza González
CCE
MexicoGerardo Barrios Espinosa
CONCAMIN
MexicoSam Boutziouvis
Canadian Council of Chief Executives
NACC Canada SecretariatSarah Bovim
Whirlpool
United StatesJeanne Broad
General Motors
United StatesVictor Cabral
NBC Universal-A GE Company
United StatesClemens Caicedo
Merck & Co. Inc.
United StatesArmando Chacón Villar
IMCO
NACC Mexico SecretariatRonald T. Covais
Lockheed Martin Corporation
United StatesThomas d’Aquino
Canadian Council of Chief Executives
NACC Canada SecretariatDominic D'Alessandro
Manulife Financial
CanadaCésar de Anda Molina
Avicar de Occidente
MexicoJohn Dillon
Canadian Council of Chief Executives
NACC Canada SecretariatDavid Eaton
Kansas City Southern
United StatesEric Farnsworth
Council of the Americas
NACC United States SecretariatMatthew Fortier
Canadian Council of Chief Executives
NACC Canada SecretariatDavid Ganong
Ganong Bros. Limited
CanadaRichard George
Suncor Energy Inc.
CanadaHunter Harrison
Canadian National Railway Company
CanadaLinda Hasenfratz
Linamar Corporation
CanadaWilliam Irwin
Chevron
United StatesKelly Johnston
Campbell Soup Company
United StatesSandra J. Kristoff
New York Life Insurance Company
United StatesAlexandra Low
Canadian Council of Chief Executives
NACC Canada SecretariatAngela Marshall Hofmann
Wal-Mart International
United StatesKathleen McIntyre
Ford Motor Company
United StatesJohn Murphy
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
NACC United States SecretariatRoberto Newell García
IMCO
NACC Mexico SecretariatCatherine Ni
Lockheed Martin Corporation
United StatesHerber Pérez
Bank of America
MexicoLuis Pinto
Council of the Americas
NACC United States SecretariatAdrean Rothkopf
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
NACC United States SecretariatMichael Sabia
Bell Canada Enterprises Inc.
CanadaLouis Schorsch
Mittal Steel
United StatesScott Seeley
NBC Universal-A GE Company
United StatesAmgad Shehata
UPS
United StatesJim Shepherd
Canfor Corporation
CanadaDavid Short
FedEx
United StatesFrederick J. Sievert
New York Life Insurance Company
United StatesAnnette Verschuren
The Home Depot Canada
CanadaNey Villamil Ruiz
COMCE
MexicoGuillermo Vogel Hinojosa
TENARIS TAMSA
MexicoGrey F. Warner
Merck & Co. Inc.
United StatesRichard Waugh
The Bank of Nova Scotia
CanadaShirley Zebroski
General Motors
United States
Very nice! Let's wait for a response...........
You don't really think it'll get one, do you? It would be too much work to run those names through the CISPES/Public Citizen database. [chuckle]
I forgot to add that I found the list with the help of the unelected, undemocratic, and unAmerican folks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
LOL!
Who the hell do they think they are? I didn't vote for them.
Look at Alcan.
IIRC, aluminum is a strategic metal. It takes tons of expensive energy to produce and there are fewer and fewer companys because of the really high costs of production, along with the unions and environment laws.
Are you "smearing" them? [hoot]
Now, how about the list of people who work in the SPP?
What else, a pony?
In all fairness, I think HT's concern about the SPP not releasing the names of its members because "they don't want to be distracted by the public" is completely legit. Regardless of where you stand, can we at least agree that this is an atrocious way to govern?
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