MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 16, 2007

Canadian, Mexican and U.S. advocates to send message to leaders before SPP Summit

Critics of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) from Canada, Mexico and the United States will call on leaders attending the Montebello Summit to address growing calls for more democratic accountability in the SPP process. They are demanding that the agreement be submitted for debate and votes in each country’s legislature.

 Maude Barlow of the Council of Canadians and Michele Asselin of the Federation des Femmes du Quebec will be joined by , Gustavo Iruegas, Foreign Affairs Secretary for the Legitimate Government of Mexico and Ann Wright, former U.S. State Department Official. The press conference will also include a speaker from a trinational meeting on energy security taking place in Montreal over the weekend.

The delegation will then head to Montebello to deliver 10,000 petitions to the Chateau Montebello where the leaders of the three NAFTA countries will be meeting.

WHO:

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
Ann Wright,  retired U.S. Army colonel and anti-war activist
Speaker from the trinational energy meeting

WHEN:

August 20, 2007
9:30 – 10:00 a.m.

WHERE:

Charles Lynch room
Parliament Hill

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For more information, contact: Dylan Penner, Media Officer, Council of Canadians: (613) 233-4487, ext. 249; 1-800-387-7177, ext. 249; .

Read more about the event at IntegrateThis.ca.