MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 27, 2007
First civil society gathering on Security and Prosperity Partnership to be held in Ottawa
WHAT:
On March 31, Ottawa will host Integrate This! – The first civil society gathering on the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP).
A few weeks ago, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay and other high-ranking government officials and business leaders from Canada, the United States and Mexico met in Ottawa to advance the SPP agenda. Now, the Council of Canadians, the Canadian Labour Congress and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives are bringing together activists, academics, workers, politicians, journalists and concerned citizens from Canada, Mexico and the United States to challenge the Big-Business vision of North American integration contained in the SPP.
WHO:
Avi Lewis, media personality and acclaimed documentary filmmaker
Antonia Juhasz, U.S.-based policy analyst and author of The Bu$h Agenda: Invading the World One Economy at a Time
Bertha Lujan, Minister of Labour for the Legitimate Government of Mexico
Diana Gibson, Research Director of the Parkland Institute
Dorval Brunelle, professor of sociology at the Université du Quebec à Montréal
Elizabeth May, leader, Green Party of Canada
Hassan Yussuff, Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Labour Congress
Judy Rebick, social justice activist and founder of rabble.ca
Maria Mourani, Bloc Québécois MP (Ahuntsic) and Critic for the Status of Women.
Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians
Maureen Webb, human rights lawyer, and author of Illusions of Security: Global Surveillance and Democracy in the Post-9/11 World
Peter Julian, NDP MP (Burnaby-New Westminster) and International Trade Critic
Steven Staples, Director of the Rideau Institute and author of Missile Defence: Round 1
And many others.
WHEN:
Saturday, March 31, 2007
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (Doors open at 8:00 a.m. for registration, workshop sign up, coffee)
WHERE:
Ottawa Technical High School – 440 Albert St, Ottawa
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For more information, contact: Meera Karunananthan Media Officer: (613) 233-4487, ext. 234;
Cell: (613) 795-8685; 
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For more information about the teach-in, visit IntegrateThis.ca
