Canadians Exposing the North American Union
05-04-2007
New World Order Must Be Stopped
Dana Gabriel
Two
years after Canada signed into the Security and Prosperity Partnership
of North America (SPP), an all party parliamentary committee held
public hearings on the matter. The SPP was signed by former Liberal
Prime Minister Paul Martin in March 2005 and is essentially the frame
work for a North American Union. NDP Trade Critic Peter Julian said,
“Canadians should know that the SPP process supports a North American
Union.” Under Stephen Harper's Conservative government, deep
integration into a NAU has been fast tracked. Through the SPP, Canadian
social, economic, and security policies are being further harmonized
with those of the United States.
NDP Member of Parliament
Peter Julian and others have been active in trying to bring the SPP
agenda to the public’s attention. It is because of his efforts that The
Standing Committee on International Trade held these hearings in the
first place. He vowed that, “The NDP will not stop until a full
parliamentary debate and review takes place.” Having been critical of
the NDP in the past, they have been the only major federal party to try
and expose the dangers of the NAU agenda. It does appear as if the NDP
has awoken from its slumber to champion this cause in Ottawa. Like many
others, Julian wishes to preserve Canada's sovereignty and stated,
“Canadians from coast to coast believe our country has a right to exist
independently. We can play a key role both in North America and the
world as a proud and sovereign nation.”
The hearings saw a real
difference in opinion by witnesses on just how the SPP would impact
Canada. The executive vice-president of the Council of Chief
Executives, David Stewart-Patterson said, “The underlying principle of
the SPP is simply to encourage a common sense approach, to deal in
practical ways with practical issues that can help the economies of all
three countries.” You have to love how he sugar coats the SPP and
downplays its importance and consequences as purely economical. The
truth is that its tentacles will reach out and affect practically every
aspect of our lives, and not in a good way. Other witnesses viewed the
SPP as the only solution for Canadian competitiveness to counter
economic blocs such as the European Union. Bruce Campbell, the
executive director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, gave
a dire warning when he explained, “The cumulative effect of the SPP
overtime could be profound-- even more significant than NAFTA--
depending on how far or fast it goes.” He believes that the whole SPP
process should be more transparent, and this message was also echoed by
some of its strongest proponents, who believe the government is making
a big mistake by keeping this agenda secret. There needs to be a debate
in parliament and the SPP must become a major issue in the next
election Ultimately, it should be up to Canadians to decide their own
fate. Many Canadian cabinet
ministers, bureaucrats, top military personnel, and corporate elites,
along with their American counterparts, are engaging in private
meetings to further advance the NAU. Members of The Canadian Council of
Chief Executives are firmly behind this push for deep integration and
this includes its president Tom Aquino and former Liberal deputy prime
minister John Manley. Those in past and present governments have been
busy selling out Canada's sovereignty for a long time. The current
government doesn't have the guts to tell the public what they are
really doing because they know that the NAU will be very unpopular with
the majority of Canadians. That is why they are silent on this issue
and why these working groups are conducting their business behind
closed doors. It is up to us to further expose the NAU and force it
into the mainstream.
Although Harper did not sign
the SPP, his government is carrying on with the agenda of further
merging Canada into a NAU. The leader of the official opposition
Liberal Stephane Dion has also been silent on this issue. This has left
the NDP along with some fringe parties to make this plan known. In
further exposing this agenda Peter Julian said, “we need to engage the
SPP at all levels; we need to be there when discussions are being held
and I believe that we can, as activists, shift the debate from the
corporate agenda of more privatization, fewer regulations and
protections for working families and a cheap imitation of American
policy to shifting that debate toward a fair trade policy which
respects the peoples of Canada, Mexico and the U.S. and work towards a
fair trade model that can provide leadership to the rest of the world.”
Just as most American journalists and pundits have been silent and
complacent on the reporting of the NAU, so has the Canadian mainstream
media. Thanks to some in the alternative media, more people are waking
up to the reality of a NAU and are educating others.
Connie Fogal, the leader of
the Canadian Action Party (CAP), has been very vocal in her opposition
to the NAU. Her party currently has no seats in the House of Commons,
but Canadians who are truly concerned about preserving their
sovereignty might turn to CAP as an alternative. In her Corporate North
American Union video presentation she states of the NAU, “This is not a
project under discussion. This is not a matter people are sitting
around negotiating, as to whether or not it's to be done. The
integration of Canada , the United States , and Mexico is currently
happening. It's in process and on track according to the language of
the people who are doing this.” I strongly encourage everyone to watch
this video on You Tube or Google video and pass it on. It is very
powerful, and Fogal is definitely on the front lines, fighting the NAU
in Canada.
What is at stake is Canada's
unique identity, its health-care system, its agricultural industry, its
oil and drinking water, along with other natural resources. In addition
to the environment also at risk is Canada's sovereignty, and its
security. Hopefully these hearings on the SPP are just the beginning
and will lead to full parliamentary debates in the House of Commons.
Canadians could very well play a major role in derailing and defeating
the North American Union.
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