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SPP resources
SPP Summit - New Orleans
April 21-22, 2008
SPP Summit - Montebello
August 19-21, 2007
Teach-in
March 31 to April 1, 2007
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PUBLIC FORUM on the Security and Prosperity Partnership Leaders Summit in Montebello
On Sunday, August 19, 2007, more than 500 people packed an auditorium at the University of Ottawa, to hear Maude Barlow, along with civil society representatives from the U.S. and Canada, to condemn the SPP and promote a vision of a more just and sustainable North America.
PHOTOS:
AUDIO/VIDEO:
- Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians, gives 10 reasons to oppose the SPP at the SPP public forum in Ottawa on August 19, 2007.
- Michèle Asselin, Fédération des femmes du Québec / RQIC. SPP public forum in Ottawa on August 19, 2007.
- Michael Byers, author, Intent for a Nation: What is Canada for? SPP public forum in Ottawa on August 19, 2007.
Video highlights from the SPP public forum in Ottawa on August 19, 2007.
Political panel:
AUDIO: Download recordings from the August 19, 2007 Public Forum in Ottawa on the SPP.
Downloads: Forum poster and bilingual handbill
PART I
Speakers:
Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, The Council of Canadians
Gustavo Iruegas, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Legitimate Government of Mexico
Michèle Asselin, Fédération des femmes du Québec / RQIC
Michael Byers, author, Intent for a Nation: What is Canada for?
Ann Wright, retired U.S. Army colonel, anti-war activist
Tri-national energy issues:
Dave Coles, President, Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP)
Gary Beavers, International President, United Steelworkers Union
Gaétan Ménard, Secretary-Treasurer, Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP)
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.
PART II
Political panel:
Bonnie Brown, MP, Liberal Party health critic
Serge Cardin, MP, Bloc Québécois trade critic
Peter Julian, MP, New Democratic Party trade critic
Elizabeth May, Leader, Green Party
(Conservative MPs were invited but declined)
Organized by:
The Council of Canadians • The Canadian Labour Congress • The Canadian Union of
Public Employees • The Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada •
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives • The Canadian Union of Postal Workers •
Common Frontiers-Canada • The Quebec Network on Continental Integration • Canadian Auto Workers Union •
Public Service Alliance of Canada • National Union of Public and General Employees
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