Backgrounders & factsheets
Bill C-51 and the SPP:
Not a healthy choice for Canada, May 8, 2008
 Not Counting Canadians: The Security and Prosperity Partnership and public opinion, April 16, 2008
Surveying Canadian attitudes towards trade issues and the SPP, April 15, 2008
The SPP Makes You Sick: Harmonization of environmental standards directly impacts Canadians’ health, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2008
From NAFTA to the SPP: Here comes the Security and Prosperity Partnership, but what security and whose prosperity, an article by Katherine Sciacchitano in the January/February 2008 edition of Dollars and Sense magazine.
Why Foreign Ownership Still Matters, January 22, 2008, Mel Watkins
NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Disputes, January 1, 2008, Scott Sinclair
Beyond NAFTA: The Security and Prosperity Partnership (PDF), John W. Foster, 2008
Interview with Professor Alberto Arroyo, member of the Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC), from Summer 2007.
On the Streets and Behind the Gates: A special 8-page supplement Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2007
 More power, please: The North American Competitiveness Council’s 2007 Report to SPP Leaders, By Stuart Trew, October 1, 2007
Behind Closed Doors: What they're not telling us about the Security and Prosperity Partnership
SPP handbills - download (PDF) and distribute in your community!
More Than Jellybeans: The SPP Regulatory Framework Agreement and Its Impact on Chemicals Regulation, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, By Bruce Campbell, September 2007
The North American Competitiveness Council and the SPP: Les agents provocateurs at the Montebello Leaders' Summit, by Teresa Healy, Social and Economic Policy, Canadian Labour Congress, September 2007
On August 18, 2007, representatives of energy workers unions, social justice networks and civil society organizations from Mexico, Canada and the United States, met in Montreal to discuss alternatives to the energy provisions in the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America. Here is the final declaration from the meeting.
Integrate This! Challenging the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, Council of Canadians, Canadian Perspectives Spring 2007 - 12 page supplement
Deep Integration: A Timeline (PDF) , Council of Canadians
High Stakes and Big Ideas: Teach-in draws hundreds to Ottawa to challenge the Security and Prosperity Partnership, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2007
What I was Trying to Say... The presentation on Canada's energy that sent the Harper government scrambling, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2007
Putting our food at risk:
The Security and Prosperity Partnership is lowering food standards in Canada, Council of Canadians, July 2007
Leaked document: North American Future 2025 Project (PDF format)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Backgrounder: The North American Future 2025 Project (PDF format)
The Council of Canadians’ analysis
Notes on energy policy and the SPP for presentation to the International Trade Committee (PDF), Gordon Laxer, director of Parkland Institute and Board Member of The Council of Canadians, May 10, 2007
Presentation on the SPP to the International Trade Committee (PDF),
Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, The Council of Canadians, May 1, 2007
The North American Competitiveness Council: The corporate driving force behind deep integration, Council of Canadians, (PDF) Backgrounder, September 2007
Get to the truth about the SPP: A series of downloadable, educational Fact Sheets
Common Frontiers
Deep Integration in North America: Security and Prosperity for Whom? Research paper by Teresa Healy, Canadian Labour Congress, February 20, 2007
SPP report calls for fivefold increase in tar sands production: "The fivefold expansion anticipated for oil sands products in a relatively short time span will represent many challenges for the pipeline industry. New and expanded pipelines will move more volume into existing and expanding interior U.S. markets, and offer shipments to California via the Canadian West Coast." Read the full report here. 2006
Harper gets by with a little help from his (corporate) friends: Cancun summit welcomes CEOs to the table, Council of Canadians, Canadian perspectives, Summer 2006
Threats to Our Water: NAFTA, SPP, Atlantica, Super-Corridors (PDF) - by Dr. Janet M. Eaton for Sierra Club's Water Privatization Task Force. Alarming new developments that will promote the sale of bulk water between the three NAFTA countries, particularly from Canada to the U.S
Why the Waco pact is, well, wacko: Five things you should know about the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, Council of Canadians, Canadian Perspectives, Spring/Summer 2005
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