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JohnyCanuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 11:25 AM
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The Sabotage of Canada
The Morphosis and the sabotage of Canada by our own government, written in three parts:

The North American continent is being transformed from three sovereign nations Canada, USA, Mexico) into one regional corporate power base, the North American Union. Unlike the creation of the European Union, there is no public political/ academic discourse on the merits, or pros and cons of a North American Union building up to a vote within each nation as to the wish of the people to join such a union. Instead the union is being created by stealth, is already well on its way to fruition, and is being imposed on us by our own elected representatives and government with no opposition.

The driving force is corporate. The Chief Executive Officers of the most powerful corporations operating in the three countries want this union and have been working for some time devising their strategies and goals. Their facilitators are first, unelected officials and bureaucrats who move easily between corporations and government; second, former elected officials like John Manley , former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada; third, the heads of the three nations, Martin, Bush, and Fox; and finally, the governments and the rest of the elected members who apparently just rubber stamp what is put in front of them by the unelected officials- few questions, if any asked.

The ultimate enforcement mechanism for the North American Union is a police state.

The tools for the police state are "anti-terrorist" laws which, in themselves, are a ruse to strip the citizens of civil liberties in order to prevent dissent against the police state.

The Orwellian justification is "security", "safety".

http://www.canadianactionparty.ca/temp/articles/morphosis/index.asp




Crossing the Line: A Citizens' Inquiry on Canada-U.S. Relations
October 2005

For years, Canadians have been told that the closer we are to the United States' policies, the better off we'll be. But after more than 15 years of free trade, we know that this isn't true. Canadians have seen their jobs cut, their public services privatized, and the promise of a living wage steadily eroded. While free trade has been a jackpot for big corporations and private investors, it has been bad news for the rest of us.

Now, powerful corporate lobbyists and politicians are calling for even deeper ties with the United States. This new agenda of "deep integration" seeks to reorient a myriad of Canadian policies to fit with U.S. standards and expectations. These policies include areas such as: defence, the environment, food and drug protection, immigration, and energy security. The theory, so they say, is that we should give the U.S. administration what it wants - anything it wants - in turn for a freer flow of goods and services across the Canada-U.S. border.

We know that Canadians don't agree that corporate profits should trump the public interest - especially when it means joining the U.S. in waging unilateral wars and starting a new nuclear arms race. But the federal government has made little effort to seek out the opinions of Canadians. Its last consultation on Canada's relationship with the United States took place in the early 1980s.

But since 1999 - with no consultation from Canadian citizens - the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE), which represents the richest 150 corporations in Canada, has been pushing the federal government to promote deeper integration between Canada and the U.S. The CCCE's proposals were progressing slowly until September 11, 2001, and have been making rapid headway ever since. Sadly, Canada's corporate lobby has used the tragic events of 9/11 to rejuvenate its push for deep integration - and the Canadian government has been listening.

http://www.canadians.org/display_document.htm?COC_token=56@@2a6c6f5e765500af2e03d028c8d37152&id=1243&isdoc=1&catid=413
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pbca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 03:21 PM
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The Liberals and Conservatives are both anxious for this. Regardless of the rhetoric and appearing to stand up to the U.S. on occasion, Martin is happily integrating Canadian law with that of the US, the only party that seems on the ball on this is the NDP, and even then they have to be cautious about it because any time anyone says anything negative about it they are accused of being anti-American (instead of just pro-Canadian).
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Mother Jones Donating Member (427 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 05:25 PM
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2. Absolutely....and well said.

I'm REALLY looking forward to hearing Jack speak up on this topic. He was too quiet, IMO, on this subject in the summer, when it was brought up and he mentioned he thought it should have been discussed in parliament.

Can you imagine the boost he could get from the debates, if he handled this properly?
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