On August 9, 2009, over 1,000 people marched through downtown Guadalajara during the North American Leaders' Summit to protest the expansion of NAFTA through the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, and to demand an immediate renegotiation with full public participation in Mexico, Canada and the United States. Videos:
Stuart Trew, Council of Canadians' Ontario-Quebec Regional Organizer, speaking at the EDL Forum, July 16, 2008
Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians, talks about the Security and Prosperity Partnership at an April 21, 2008 press conference in New Orleans, where the fourth annual North American Leaders Summit was taking place.
Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians, talks with CTV NewsNet from the SPP Summit in New Orleans. April 21, 2008, CTV NewsNet.
Eduardo Sousa, Council of Canadians Regional Organizer (Ontario/Quebec/Nunavut), Breaks Down the SPP, with Peter Julian. April 17, 2008.
(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
Council of Canadians Podcast: International opposition to the SPP builds as New Orleans summit approaches (5.5 mb) April 2008
New Montebello Footage! Agents provocateurs caught provoking police: Council of Canadians member Paul Manley finds new evidence of police provocation in his footage of the August 21, 2007 SPP protests.
Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians, gives 10 reasons to oppose the SPP at the SPP public forum in Ottawa on August 19, 2007.
Stop the SPP Rally -
Maude Barlow addresses crowd at the SPP rally in Ottawa on Parliament hill August 19, 2007.
Stop the SPP March - Vancouver, BC protest against the SPP with No One is Illegal, August 20, 2007.
Stop the SPP protest in Montebello - Delivery of petitions
Maude Barlow and members of the Council of Canadians attempt to deliver 10,000 petitions to the Leaders Summit in Montebello on August 20, 2007. The Council had made an arrangement to deliver the petitions to the gate but were met by the riot squad instead (see media release).
BBC World News - Stuart Trew live on Parliament Hill in Ottawa during the SPP Summit in Montebello. August 21, 2007
Council of Canadians joined the Raging Grannies on a canoe expedition to Montebello
A group of Canadians, including the Council of Canadians and the Raging Grannies, set forth on voyageur canoes from the shores of the Ottawa River on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 to proclaim this message to all Canadians and to send this message to Bush, Harper and Calderon. “Our fresh water must not be contaminated, mistreated and exploited!” see CTV News.
AUDIO: Download audios recordings from the August 19, 2007 Public Forum in Ottawa on the SPP.
Avi Lewis on the SPP
Canadian Broadcaster Avi Lewis on Maher Arar, the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership, Canadian Healthcare, and Argentina's Worker Run Factories. Democracy Now! August 10, 2007
What is SPP? Organising against SPP
Herman Rosenfeld, retired member of the CAW and activist in Trade Unionists Against the War, speaks at a public forum on the Security and Prosperity Partnership in Toronto on July 15, 2007.
Author and Journalist Murray Dobbin speaks to the Council of Canadians about the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership, Vancouver, BC, June 2007.
Dr. John Foster speaks against the SPP
Dr. John Foster, principal Researcher (Civil Society and Governance) at the North-South Institute in Ottawa, speaks against the SPP at the Unitarian Church for the Canadian Unitarian Council (CUC), June 2007.
Rising concerns in Canada about the SPP
Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians and Bruce Campbell, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Lou Dobbs Tonight May 7, 2007.
Click here to read Maude Barlow's speech "Profit is not the cure, committing to health care for all", which was presented at the S.O.S. Medicare 2: Looking Forward on Friday May 4, 2007. The Canadian Health Coalition has posted the CPAC broadcast of these sessions.
Interview with Jean-Yves Lefort on the Security and Prosperity Partnership
Jean-Yves Lefort, Trade Campaigner for The Council of Canadians, interviewed by Vancouver Coop radio posted on rabble.ca March 2007 »
Interview with Maude Barlow on Deep Integration:
Maude Barlow, live from Nairobi, Kenya where she attended the World Social Forum, explains that North American Integration is happening faster than we think and in ways that are harmful. The Current for January 23, 2007 (CBC Radio) by Anna Maria Tremonti on The Current (scroll down and click on "Listen to The Current: Part 3")
Click here for the full teach-in audio report by produced by the National Community and Campus Radio Association.
CPAC, the Cable Public Affairs Channel, has archived footage from the March 31- April 1 Integrate This! teach-in. Click here to view!
Moderated by Filmmaker Avi Lewis, this session entitled "The Big Business of Insecurity" featured Dorval Brunelle, John Foster, Maureen Webb and Hassan Yussuff.
Moderated by Filmmaker Avi Lewis, this session entitled Commandeering the Continent: Military Integration, Big Oil and the Environment featured author of Missle Defence: Round 1, Steven Stapels and Research Director of the Parkland Institute, Diana Gibson.
Moderated by Filmmaker Avi Lewis, this session featured NDP MP Peter Julian, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and Mexican member of Congress José Almazán discussing the role of government in addressing concerns about the SPP.