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March 20, 2008 According to an NDP press release last week, elected representatives in all three NAFTA countries “have agreed to file simultaneous legislative motions to stop further implementation of the so-called Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) process, imposed undemocratically on our three nations, and to open up the process that has taken place behind closed doors to instead have a transparent review and scrutiny within their respective legislatures.” The initiative is the product of a tri-national task force “to push for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), in order to achieve a fair trade policy,” which was launched by legislators in all three countries at a conference earlier this month in Washington, D.C. The task force includes NDP Trade Critic Peter Julian, U.S. Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), the Honourable Yeidckol Polevnsky (Senator for Mexico State and Vice-president of the Mexican Senate), and the Honourable Victor Quintana (Deputy of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico). During the last SPP summit in Montebello, Quebec, all three official opposition parties said they would raise the issue of the lack of transparency in the SPP in the House of Commons. While numerous NDP members have presented the House with petitions from their respective ridings demanding a full debate and vote, the Liberal Party has yet to deliver its promised motion calling for such a debate among MPs.
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