As some of you may know, Canada is in the process of aligning its policies with those of the USA. Very quietly. Without public debate. It is all part of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) signed in Waco, Texas, 2005. This is not a left-right issue -- Martin signed the accord, Harper is ardently continuing it. This seems to be a corporate-driven venture.

What does SPP mean for Canadians?

We are adopting US immigration, security and foreign policy. Commits Canada to supporting US-lead wars on terror and increased military spending. Our military is now led by USA's Northcom. We now have no-fly lists. We are likely to have to accept fingerprinting and other biometrics. We will be required to treat immigrants and refugees differently.

Our resources will be proportionally shared. Huge areas of the US are short of water. Our government is currently moving toward bulk exporting of water. Oil export will increase (now 63%) due to 'proportional sharing'.

Lowered environmental and health protection. NAFTA already allows corporations to sue our federal governments when their regulations stand in the way of profit. SPP allows corporations to sue provincial and municipal governments -- which is where many safety standards rest.

Loss of democracy -- it is intended that Canada, USA and Mexico will merge into a North American Union (NAU), having one currency, the Amero. The Union will be overseen by 10 non-elected corporate CEOs from each country.

Accelerating privatisation of health care and other public services.

President Bush is arriving in Montebello, Quebec this Summer -- August 19-21st -- meeting with Calderon, Harper and the 30 CEOs for the next stage in this integration. If this matters to you, join the demonstrations in your city (1:00 pm at City Hall, Ottawa, Sunday 19th August) or at Montebello 19-21st.

We need to consider these events, and their effects for future generations.

If this is all new, you might be thinking, "How can this be?!" If you think this is a 'conspiracy theory', go to the 2006 budget listed on CBC news http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/budget2006/docs/budget06/bp/bpc3de.htm Scroll around 40% down to the SPP section. If this is all conspiracy theory, the government has already spent a few hundred million dollars on a 'conspiracy.'

If this is new to you, you might consider educating yourself -- and your friends and family. Canadians have a right to know what has been is planned for them.

You could start with http://www.canadians.org/integratethis/ -- many facets of SPP are outlined in these pages.

There are a few videos you can sit back and watch on line. John Foster spoke in Ottawa last month http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-2095139876737913891 B.C.'s Connie Fogal's talk is comprehensive http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-1355300745194023737 CNN Lou Dobbs' perspectives http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzOcW2Q-ZvM&eurl=

If you are still curious, Google "North American Union" and wade through some of the 114,000,000 hits... http://www.google.com/search?q=%22north+american+union%22

Educate yourself.

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(from awarecanadians(at)kaia.ca)