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August 7, 2009 The following letter was sent to North American leaders today by four civil society networks, including Common Frontiers, to which the Council of Canadians is a member. Groups in Mexico delivered a version of the letter directly to the U.S. and Canadian embassies in Mexico City this morning. (more...) NACC wants back into North American talks August 7, 2009 No one asked them what they thought but the CEOs formerly known as the North American Competitiveness Council are telling us anyway. The NACC released a third report today on the eve of the Guadalajara leaders’ summit August 9-10. “No matter what form the partnership may take, we encourage governments to continue to consult with the private sector in all three countries,” they write. “The NACC stands ready to provide advice and assistance to governments as they work together to strengthen the security and prosperity of North America.” I’m sure they do. Question is whether those governments will let them back in. (more...) SPP too "narrowly focused" says U.S. government briefing on Guadalajara summit August 7, 2009 A press briefing today hints again at the possibility North American leaders will drop only the name “SPP” when they meet in Guadalajara for the fifth annual leaders’ summit this weekend. Calling the meeting an “opportunity for the leaders to engage on a broad range of issues that are important to North America hemispherically and globally,” one U.S. official says “this is the first time they’re going to get together as a group to focus on these issues and not be as narrowly focused as the SPP.” (more...) Open letter asks Harper to renegotiate NAFTA and end SPP discussions August 6, 2009 Common Frontiers, a network of church, labour, environmental, and civil society groups, which includes the Council of Canadians, and the Réseau québcois sur l’Intégration continentale sent the following open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper ahead of his summit this weekend with U.S president Barack Obama and Mexican president Felipe Calderón in Guadalajara, Mexico. (more...) Plan to allow airlines to police themselves should not be allowed to fly June 13, 2008 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 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...) June 4, 2008 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 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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