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April 21-22, 2008

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August 19-21, 2007

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Dispatches from the People's Summit

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Nothing new from the Disaster Summit but dangerous SPP initiatives live on

April 29, 2008
Posted by Stuart Trew

The media and business consensus following last week’s Security and Prosperity Partnership summit in New Orleans is that the trilateral meeting didn’t produce anything significant. While this is partly correct – no new initiatives were announced – the ones we’re stuck with are bad enough. And while we learned a few new things about the SPP’s progress since Montebello, very few of the details ended up in the news. (more...)

"Don't leave us!" begs NACC, "Don't worry," respond Bush, Harper and Calderon

April 22, 2008
Posted by Stuart Trew in New Orleans

Oh what a depressing summit this was for the North American Competitiveness Council. Like last August, the all-corporate advisory body to the SPP has just tabled a "report to leaders" outlining its hopes and dreams for continental integration in 2008. Unlike last year, there's nothing new in this one beyond a sense of desperation that, for all the CEOs have achieved in public policy setting, the SPP's days are numbered. (more...)

Joint statement by Three Amigos speaks for itself

April 22, 2008
Posted by Brent Patterson

Highlights from the 'Joint Statement by President Bush, President Calderon, Prime Minister Harper'. (more...)

Tour of New Orleans shows widespread government neglect

April 21, 2008
Posted by Stuart Trew in New Orleans

Standing on old concrete foundations buried in overgrowth, it was hard to believe the expanses of green dotted with unused houses used to be a thriving community. But that was before Hurricane Katrina hit in the summer of 2005. Reconstruction in the Lower Ninth Ward has been slow to non-existent. (more...)

CNN Coverage of the SPP Summit in New Orleans, featuring Maude Barlow

April 21, 2008, in New Orleans (more...)

Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians, talks with CTV NewsNet

April 21, 2008, in New Orleans (more...)

People’s Summit off to a dramatic and energetic start

April 21, 2008
Posted by Stuart Trew in New Orleans

As barricades went up in parts of New Orleans' business district yesterday to protect the SPP meeting from scrutiny, two very different meetings were taking place close by. (more...)

"High priests" of deep integration working on new post-SPP agreement with government

April 21, 2008
Posted by Stuart Trew in New Orleans

We saw it coming but now it looks conclusive: Canada's deep integration nuts are working on a post-SPP agreement that will strike Mexico out of the equation. (more...)

Amnesty International slams SPP secrecy in letter to Bush, Calderon and Harper

April 21, 2008
Posted by Pierre-Yves Serinet

Amnesty International has sent Prime Minister Harper and his U.S. and Mexican counterparts a letter condemning the secrecy behind the SPP and demanding that it be brought to each country's respective legislatures “to facilitate meaningful public debate.” (more...)

 

 

 

 

 

 
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