Transportation corridors
SPP “dismantled,” say friends in U.S.; Guadalajara leaders forum to be coordinated by National Security Council
July 27, 2009
Posted by Stuart Trew
Friends in the U.S. tell us the Security and Prosperity Partnership has been dismantled as a formal project but that some of the working groups will continue. The news is based on a conversation with a Commerce Department official who was responsible for coordinating the trilateral initiative under Bush Jr. The official also said the North American leaders summit in Guadalajara will be coordinated by the National Security Council (NSC) as opposed to the Commerce Department as in previous years. (more...)
Plan to allow airlines to police themselves should not be allowed to fly
June 13, 2008
Posted by Stuart Trew
The web news resource PublicValues.ca focuses this week on the issue of airline safety, an area of public policy set to be harmonized across the continent through the Security and Prosperity Partnership. (more...)
Canada, Mexico and U.S. governments continue SPP transportation talks in Meech Lake
June 12, 2008
Posted by Stuart Trew
Transport ministers from Canada, the United States and Mexico met in Ottawa and Meech Lake this week “to explore future enhancements to North America's transportation system and shared perspectives on the challenges of infrastructure renewal,” according to a Transport Canada press release on Tuesday. (more...)
Premiers Charest and Doer to address 2008 NASCO conference; progress made to Ontario-Quebec trade corridor
June 4, 2008
Posted by Stuart Trew
Quebec Premier Jean Charest will give the closing address to the 2008 NASCO conference starting today in Guanajuato, central Mexico, and is expected to describe his vision for continental economic integration, according to La Presse canadienne today. Manitoba Premier Gary Doer will give an opening address to the conference, giving the annual meeting to discuss North American trade corridors a distinctly Canadian feel. (more...)
Atlantica would be paradise on earth, if only India could find it on a map
October 19, 2007
Posted by Stuart Trew
Atlantica is generally recognized by Maritimers as a dead concept, a fabrication of right-wing think tanks and local chambers of commerce obsessed with redefining Atlantic Canada and the U.S. northeast as a common economic and cultural space. The heart of the plan, which economists have called "truly dumb", is a super-port in Halifax for container traffic coming from somewhere in Asia. (more...)
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