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Challenging the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America

Deep integration between Canada and the United States is not a theory or a fear – it is a reality. For several years now, government task forces and working groups have been quietly harmonizing Canada-U.S. programs and procedures, without any input from the Canadian public.

The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), agreed to by the leaders of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico in 2005, is moving Canada quickly toward a continental resource pact, a North American security perimeter, and harmonized military and security policies. Working groups composed of bureaucrats and corporate leaders are quietly putting this “partnership” into action, and to date only industry “stakeholders” have been consulted.

At the Council of Canadians, we believe that citizens have a right to know about major government initiatives that could change the food we eat, the civil liberties we enjoy and the social programs we depend on. To date, very few elected officials have sounded the alarm about the SPP. And all of the secrecy surrounding the SPP’s implementation has left the public in the dark.

Download: Canada-U.S. Integration: A Timeline (PDF)

A special 12-page supplement featuring:

Free Trade’s Big Lie: NAFTA has failed to create quality jobs or close the income gap, by Jean-Yves LeFort Way Too Close for Comfort: Canada-U.S. military and security integration endangers all Canadians, by Stuart Trew Courting TILMA: U.S. investors eye Alberta and B.C.’s interprovincial trade agreement, by Stuart Trew Unlikely Bedfellows: Right-wing U.S. groups oppose deep integration – for the wrong reasons, by Ariel Troster “People Would Be Outraged”: An interview with Tom Loudon from the Alliance for Responsible Trade, by Ariel Troster See No Evil, Report No Evil: Why the media isn’t telling you about deep integration, by Meera Karunananthan The Council of Canadians’ Demands

Read more about the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) on our website. Email inquiries@canadians.org or call us at 1-800-387-7177, for more information.

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updated April 3, 2007