May 13, 2007

Council of Canadians opposes water going south to US

Following a leak of a "secret" paper to be used at a very under publicized event in Calgary, the Council of Canadians continues its campaign to inform the public what's afoot. A coalition of concerned groups is being formed ...

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THE NEW WORLD DISORDER
'Hands off our water,' Canadians say
Washington think tank sets 'North American agenda' for resource


Posted: May 10, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern

Text Box: For more information and updates: www.ladybroadoak.blogspot.com Blog which will continually update the story and take comments about ONTARIO.


By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

Two activist groups are launching a campaign to prevent what they fear will be a massive grab of Canadian fresh water, estimated to be one-fifth of the world's supply, engineered with the help of major U.S. think tanks supporting globalization.

The Council of Canadians, a public advocacy group opposed to the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, and the Coalition for Water Aid, a Montreal group fighting for transparency in globalist discussions of water policy, have expressed concern over an April 27 three-day closed-door conference held in Calgary by politicians, businessmen, and academics from the U.S. and Canada.

Among the discussion subjects was a private report prepared by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank, in conjunction with a Mexican university and a Canadian business trade group.

Secret think tank report leaked to press It was Council of Canadians officials who leaked to the press a copy of the CSIS report, titled "The North American Future 2025 Pro Project."

www.Canadians.org

www.eausecours.org

Fed. Minister for the Environment John Baird

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See also:

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042607G.shtml

http://www.canadians.org/water/issues/policy/exports.html

Tory MPs storm out of meeting on energy sharing

Canada left short to aid U.S., says professor

Ottawa Citizen; CanWest News Service

Published: Friday, May 11, 2007

OTTAWA - Amid heated charges of a coverup, Tory MPs on Thursday abruptly shut down parliamentary hearings on a controversial plan to further integrate Canada and the U.S.

The firestorm erupted within minutes of testimony by University of Alberta professor Gordon Laxer that Canadians will be left "to freeze in the dark" if the government forges ahead with plans to integrate energy supplies across North America.

He was testifying on behalf of the Alberta-based Parkland Institute about concerns with the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), a 2005 accord by the U.S., Canada and Mexico to streamline economic and security rules across the continent.

The deal, which calls North American "energy security" a priority, commits Canada to ensuring American energy supplies even though Canada itself -- unlike most industrialized nations -- has no national plan or reserves to protect its own supplies, he argued.

At that point, Tory MP Leon Benoit, chair of the Commons Standing Committee on International Trade which was holding the SPP hearings, ordered Laxer to halt his testimony, saying it was not relevant.

Opposition MPs called for, and won, a vote to overrule Benoit's ruling.

Benoit then threw down his pen, declaring, "This meeting is adjourned," and stormed out, followed by three of the panel's four Conservative members.

The remaining members voted to finish the meeting, with the Liberal vice-chair presiding.

Benoit's actions are virtually unprecedented, observers say; at press time, parliamentary procedure experts still hadn't figured out whether he had the right to adjourn the meeting unilaterally. Benoit did not respond to calls for comment.

It's "reckless and irresponsible" of the government not to discuss protecting Canada's energy supply, says Laxer.

Atlantic Canada and Quebec already have to import 90 per cent of their supply -- 45 per cent of it from potentially unstable sources such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Algeria, Laxer said.

Representatives from the departments of Industry and International Trade defended the SPP (!!!????) as an effort to protect Canadian jobs in a competitive global market, without sacrificing standards. They denied charges SPP negotiations have been secretive, saying civil-society groups are welcome to offer their input, and referred MPs to the government website.

(Yes, fo course, must be so, that's why this has not shown up in the mainstream media at all. Maybe some lawmakers ARE reading this (and other blogs) .
What is happening to Canadian demcracy .. secret meetings and no parlimentary discussion.

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© The Edmonton Journal 2007

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