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North America Union: Coming soon to a country near you By Judi McLeod For a group pretending not to exist, the Security and Prosperity of North America (SPP) (read North America Union) leaves a substantial paper trail. Tossed off as an "Internet conspiracy theory" by some Pooh-bahs in the know, the SPP will continue to remain off the radar screen as long as the mainstream media gives it a wide berth. Through Freedom of Information, Judicial Watch (www.judicialwatch.org <http://www.judicialwatch.org/> ) has been able to secure actual documents from the International Trade Administration of the US Department of Commerce--intriguing documents concerning SPP. Among information unearthed by Judicial Watch, is a "Discussion of the May Report of the Independent Task Force on the Future of North America, sponsored by the powerful and somewhat secretive Council on Foreign Relations, Building a North American Community and the June Report to the Prime Minister of Canada and Presidents of Mexico and the U.S., The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America." Pooh-bahs who stud the SPP include Professor Robert A. Pastor, Director, CNAS, Vice-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations Force on the Future of North America. Other big names include Professor Louis Bélanger, Department of Political Science, Universite Laval, Quebec City, Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholar. Heavy hitters such as Susan Harper, Minister-Counsellor and Head of the Economic and Trade Policy Section of the Embassy of Canada, and Kevin G. Lynch, Executive Director for Canadian, Irish and Caribbean Constituency International Monetary Fund, former Canadian Deputy Minister of Finance are actively involved. Ambassador Anthony Quainton, Distinguished-Diplomat-in-Residence at AU and a professor at SIS and Jesús Schucry Giacoman Zapata, Minister of Economic Affairs, Embassy of Mexico round out the busy group. An end result of SPP's groupthink is the controversial North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) controversial Superhighway System that some claim lends credence to a coming North America Union (NAU). The semisecret plan, which some including American congressmen insisdt is behind the efforts to create a European Union-style North American confederation to link Mexico and Canada with more transcontinental highways and rail lines, seems closer to reality than conspiracy. Could the fledgling NAU be the progression of NAFTA minus publicity? SPP members aroused mega suspicion when they recently met in secret in Banff, Alberta, allowing no media. Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day who attended kept mum about the meeting agenda and Council of Canadians' Mel Hurtig has been blowing the whistle ever since. According to the Judicial Watch Freedom of Information documents, SPP concerns itself with Cross-Border Compatibility Issues, Border Security and Infrastructure and Business Resumption to name a few. The group's concern about Pandemic Control is chilling. "Most experts agree that there is a growing and significant threat of a global pandemic, but that there is no way to predict either exactly when it might occur or the severity of the impact . As with any of the risks that we face in North America--including natural disasters and the ongoing possibility of another terror attack--it is imperative that all segments of society be prepared for such a threat. "In order to safeguard against the threat of a pandemic and to mitigate the effects of a pandemic should one occur, in the U.S. President Bush has outlined a coordinated government strategy that includes the establishment of a new international partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, the stockpiling of vaccines and antiviral medications, expansion of our early-warning systems here and abroad, and new initiatives for local and state level preparedness against the threat of a pandemic." This is information that surely belongs in the public domain. Meanwhile, for a group that clings to the shadows, SPP follows a game plan that could only be described as specific. Make way for the North America Union, coming soon to a country near you. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? 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