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SPP Summit - New Orleans
April 21-22, 2008

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August 19-21, 2007

Teach-in
March 31 to April 1, 2007

 
SPP in the News

SPP in the News

NA legislatives: Time to renegotiate NAFTA, not expand it
By Peter Julian, Marcy Kaptur, and Yeidckol Polevnsky
The Georgia Straight, April 18, 2008

Three NAFTA leaders sit in for the last time
CounterPunch, April 30, 2008

Bush pushes free trade
The Advocate, April 22, 2008

SPP/NAFTA boosters on the defensive in New Orleans
Rabble.ca, April 28, 2008

3 leaders advised by members of business elite
The Times-Picayune, April 23, 2008

Amigos' summits are wearing thin
Toronto Star, April 23, 2008

Business group sets and gets its agenda
Toronto Star, April 23, 2008

Leaders to talk up trade: 'Three amigos' defend NAFTA at annual summit amid criticism on U.S. presidential campaign trail
Toronto Star, April 22, 2008

Nations come together in N.O.
he Times-Picayune, April 21, 2008

Security and Prosperity Partnership Summit Kicks of to Protest
Free Speech Radio News, April 21, 2008

Oilsands firms may sue if water curtailed: activist; Province disputes Barlow's NAFTA interpretation
Edmonton Journal, April 16, 2008

Guard resources, Ottawa urged: As North American leaders' summit approaches, poll finds Canadians want policies to guarantee energy and water supply, environmental standards
Toronto Star, April 15, 2008

True North strong and free: Poll says Canadians want to protect our resources from U.S.
Metro, April 14, 2008

The man who filmed the Montebello provocateurs, The Globe and Mail
December 5, 2007

Prentice should open up discussions on Security and Prosperity Partnership, too secretive
The Hill Times, Stuart Trew, November 19, 2007

Column funny; SPP pact isn't
Moncton Times and TranscriptStuart Trew, November 13, 2007

No sign security deal is 'smart'
Peterborough Examiner, Stuart Trew, November 7, 2007

Not smart, but certainly secret
Peterborough Examiner, Roy Brady, November 7, 2007

Is the SPP dead?
The Globe and Mail, Stuart Trew , October 19, 2007

SPP co-operation framework on pesticides is alarming
he Ottawa Citizen, Stuart Trew, October 3, 2007

Water's on the table
Stuart Trew, The Globe and Mail, The Ottawa Citizen, August 21, 2007

Letter to Prime Minister Harper from Maude Barlow requesting a judicial inquiry be established with respect to the planning and conduct of police and security operations for the SPP summit on August 20-21, 2007. October 2007.

[12-Oct-07] Put the SPP to a vote, say prominent Canadians
Council of Canadians

[04-Oct-07] SPP lets pesticides in, shuts peace activists out, says Council of Canadians
Council of Canadians

SPP co-operation framework on pesticides is alarming
The Ottawa Citizen, Stuart Trew, October 3, 2007

[26-Sept-07] Council of Canadians applauds UBCM rejection of TILMA
Council of Canadians

[25-Sept-07] Council of Canadians support municipal criticism of TILMA at UBCM
Council of Canadians

Our Grand Ayatollah: Tom d’Aquino rules Canada’s fate. What does he want?
Murray Dobbin, TheTyee.ca, September 12, 2007

Canada Up for Grabs: Montebello proved 'deep integration' should be a big election issue
TheTyee.ca, Murray Dobbin, August 29, 2007

The politics of corporate party crashing, Rabble.ca, Joel Davison Harden, August 27, 2007

VIDEO: Stuart Trew of The Council of Canadians, BBC World Service, August 20, 2007

Maude Barlow speaks about the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America at a public rally to stop the SPP on Parliament Hill August 19, 2007. Watch video on CTV.ca.

[20-Aug-07] Harper refuses to receive SPP petitions at Leaders Summit in Montebello
Council of Canadians

The SPP's prospects are iffy with leaders short on political capital
Gordon Laxer, The Hill Times, August 20, 2007

Alison Crawford interviews Maude Barlow of the Council of Canadians and Scotty Greenwood of the Canadian-American Business Council about the Security and Prosperity Partnership on CBC's The House. Download podcast from CBC.ca. August 18, 2007.

Maude Barlow speaks about the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America at a public rally to stop the SPP on Parliament Hill August 19, 2007. Watch video on CTV.ca.

MEDIA ADVISORY: [16-Aug-07] Canadian, Mexican and U.S. advocates to send message to leaders before SPP Summit
Council of Canadians

MEDIA ADVISORY: [14-Aug-07] North American opposition to debate SPP at public forum
Council of Canadians

Buzz Hargrove letter to the PM: Stop the Security and Prosperity Partnership
August 12, 2007.

[08-Aug-07] Conservatives refuse to debate SPP at public forum
Council of Canadians

Police nix meeting near world leaders; Public forum 6 kilometres from Montebello too close for comfort (PDF)
The Ottawa Citizen, July 12, 2007

[11-July-07] RCMP, U.S. Army block public forum on the Security and Prosperity Partnership
Council of Canadians

[28-June-07] Council of Canadians seeks support of U.S. activists to stop SPP
Council of Canadians

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The Plan to Disappear Canada : 'Deep integration' comes out of shadows

The Tyee, by Murray Dobbin, June 8, 2007

Canadian Energy Security: Easterners could freeze in the dark
Gordon Laxer, The Globe and Mail, May 28, 2007

"Deep Integration"—the Anti-Democratic Expansion of NAFTA
Laura Carlsen, IRC Americas Program, May 30, 2007

House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT)
Canada-U.S. Trade and Investment Issues and the SPP

Edmonton Journal asks Harper to "step back" from the Security and Prosperity Partnership!
The Edmonton Journal
, May 9, 2007

Canada's energy insecurity
Gordon Laxer, The Toronto Star, April 26, 2007

Petitions from Canadians concerned about Deep Integration are being forwarded to Minister Day
Council of Canadians, January 15, 2007

Martin-Bush-Fox Summit in Texas: Statement by North American social networks on the future of NAFTA
March 22, 2005

Talk Politics (CPAC)
Ken Rockburn talks to Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, about why Canadians need to be concerned with the SPP. March 4, 2007


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