{"id":636,"date":"2007-03-30T21:55:53","date_gmt":"2007-03-31T01:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=636"},"modified":"2007-03-30T21:57:41","modified_gmt":"2007-03-31T01:57:41","slug":"canadians-not-happy-with-spp-integration-me-niether","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/30\/canadians-not-happy-with-spp-integration-me-niether\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadians not happy with SPP – “integration”. Me neither."},"content":{"rendered":"

News Release from Canada CNW GROUP ( read it here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Attention News\/Assignment Editors: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizations make election plans to oppose Security and Prosperity Partnership <\/strong> <\/p>\n

OTTAWA, March 30 \/CNW Telbec\/ – Canadian civil society groups concerned
\nabout the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) between Canada, the U.S.
\nand Mexico are holding a press conference today outlining key problems with
\nthe current corporate push for so-called “deeper integration.”
\n The Council of Canadians, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), the
\nParkland Institute and the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations
\n(CAIR-CAN) are concerned that the SPP will have harmful effects on democracy,
\njob security, natural resources and the environment, and minority rights in
\nCanada and throughout North America.
\n In opposition to the SPP, the groups are demanding that the Canadian
\ngovernment:<\/p>\n

< <\n - Abolish the North American Competitiveness Council, the corporate\n advisory body driving the SPP process\n - Develop a concrete plan to protect the environment, energy and water in\n Canada\n - Ensure that civil liberties and rights are not compromised under the\n pretext of the U.S.-led war on terror\n - Make job security and higher standards of living for workers in Canada\n a priority\n - Submit the SPP to legislative review and meaningful consultation with\n the public\n >><\/p>\n

The organizations say they will make the SPP an election issue. They will
\nbe joining many others this weekend in Ottawa at the first civil society
\ngathering on the SPP- a weekend teach-in organized by the Council of
\nCanadians, the Canadian Labour Congress and the Canadian Centre for Policy
\nAlternatives.
\n “The SPP has allowed large corporations to impose their agenda on the
\nrest of us,” says Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of
\nCanadians. “Over the next few days, civil society groups, academics and
\nactivists will gather in Ottawa to share our concerns and discuss strategies
\nto ensure that our voices are heard during the next election and at the next
\nSPP leaders’ summit that will bring U.S. President George Bush and Mexican
\nPresident Felipe Calderon to Canada in August.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For further information: Meera Karunananthan, Media Officer, Council of
\nCanadians, (613) 233-4487 ext 234, (613) 795-8685, meera@canadians.org;
\nwww.integratethis.ca; Press conference at 10:30 am in Charles Lynch room,
\nParliament Hill, Ottawa.<\/p>\n

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News Release from Canada CNW GROUP ( read it here) Attention News\/Assignment Editors: Organizations make election plans to oppose Security and Prosperity Partnership OTTAWA, March 30 \/CNW Telbec\/ – Canadian civil society groups concerned about the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico are holding a press conference today outlining key […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}