Boy, was I wrong!

For those that know how to follow money, perhaps you may wish to read another BLOG,

http://cdn-beforeidie.blogspot.com/

or for those that want to know about Big Business & Banking corruption

http://only-in-canada.blogspot.com/

It may be time to get off that FENCE.

Getting closer!

Canada is daily moving towards harmonization, and with that goes Canadian Sovereignty.

Others are beginning to pick up the lack of coverage because our National Media does not do it`s job, or maybe because they are just part of it.

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Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) initiative

Little mention of SPP these days, however in the background many changes within Government appear to be that of the SPP directives of prior years.

SPP is DEAD per Jack Layton, NDP

Thank you for your past email outlining your concern over the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) initiative. I offer this email as an update on our efforts.

The good news is that negotiations surrounding the SPP initiative have been scrapped! The SPP was not part of the discussion at the most recent North American Leaders’ Summit. And, the official US SPP website is no longer active and will remain as an archive of SPP documents.

New Democrats recognize that this result is due to the hard work of the many individuals and organizations who opposed this behind-closed-doors agreement. Our International Trade Critic Peter Julian said, “This victory is the result of the active and sustained efforts across the country, and across North America, of Canadian, Mexican and American activists from the labour movement, civil society, progressive legislators and all those concerned and committed to build a better quality of life in our Canada and throughout North America.”

For more information, please visit: http://www.ndp.ca/press/new-democrats-celebrates-victory-over-spp.

Canada`s New Democrats spoke out against the SPP from the beginning and launched a national campaign to expose the negotiations. You can read background information on the SPP negotiations at: http://archive.ndp.ca/stopthespp.

Again, I appreciate hearing from you. Feel free to share my email with anyone who may be interested. All the best.

Sincerely,


Jack Layton, MP (Toronto-Danforth)
Leader, Canada's New Democrats

Integrate This! SPP Watch Update - March 14, 2008

SPP Watch SPP WATCH makes the links between daily news items, new government initiatives and the ongoing Security and Prosperity Partnership talks between Canada, Mexico and the United States. As well as regular SPP updates, we will continue to post new reports, interviews and multimedia presentations critical of what is sometimes called the "deep integration" of North America. The site is updated regularly so visit often. Here's what went up on Integrate This! in the past week: Renegotiate NAFTA? Sounds like a good idea, says Maude Barlow Two Democratic contenders for the U.S. presidency suggest they'd like to renegotiate NAFTA and it's as if the sky were falling in Canada. (more...) Updated fact sheets on SPP available from Common Frontiers Common Frontiers has revised several fact sheets on 'free trade' to help cut through the spin and clutter around the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) – a 'next generation' trade deal involving Canada, Mexico and the United States. (more...) How Bush weakened U.S. ozone rules: "Smart" regulation in action? The Washington Post reports today about a last-minute intervention by President Bush that effectively weakened limits on smog-forming ozone that were contained in the Clean Air Act. (more...) What does "NAFTA-gate" mean for social movements? On March 5 – the day after the Ohio Democratic primary in which the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was such a vote determining issue – activists, legislators and academics from Mexico, the U.S. and Canada gathered at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington D.C. to take a critical look at NAFTA and the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) and what might be done about them. (more...) Democrats will be held accountable for NAFTA talk, says U.S. trade analyst As NAFTAgate was just starting to make front-page news in Canada last week, trade analyst Chris Sands was telling Embassy magazine to take U.S. renegotiation rhetoric seriously. (more...) CEOs "task" Canadian government to draft report on SPP recommendations It becomes clearer with every access to information request who is running the Security and Prosperity Partnership in Ottawa, Washington, D.C. and Mexico City. If you think it's our politicians, think again. (more...) Tri-national speaking tour takes SPP message to northeastern United States A group of U.S., Canadian and Mexican activists has embarked on its second leg of a U.S. tour to discuss the damaging effects of NAFTA and the dangers of the Security and Prosperity Partnership with concerned Americans. (more...) U.S. Commerce Secretary to debrief corporate class on Los Cabos SPP ministerial meeting On March 19, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Council of the Americas will hold an "off-the-record debriefing" on the February 27 meeting of SPP ministers and North American Competitiveness Council member CEOs in Los Cabos, Mexico. (more...) For more information on the SPP, please visit www.IntegrateThis.ca.

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Integrate This! SPP Watch Update - March 7, 2008

SPP Watch SPP WATCH makes the links between daily news items, new government initiatives and the ongoing Security and Prosperity Partnership talks between Canada, Mexico and the United States. As well as regular SPP updates, we will continue to post new reports, interviews and multimedia presentations critical of what is sometimes called the "deep integration" of North America. The site is updated regularly so visit often. Here's what went up on Integrate This! in the past week: Armies in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. prepare for 2010 Olympics According to an article in the Vancouver weekly *24 Hours*, Canada, Mexico and the U.S. are planning a joint military exercise to coordinate "to focus on terrorist events that could affect [the] 2010 Olympics." (more...) NAFTA *is* being renegotiated through the SPP, hears tri-national conference On Wednesday March 5, civil society and fair trade groups, as well as progressive legislators from Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, gathered in Washington, D.C. to talk about NAFTA's real impacts on agriculture, labour, development and migration. (more...) U.S. terrorist watch-list nears 1 million names; Bush blows "known terrorists" to bits in Somalia The U.S. terrorist watch list has grown by 400,000 names since this past June, according to the American Civil Liberties Union and reported on blogs across America, February 28. (more...) Harper's foreign policy gift to Bush: Canada-Colombia free-trade pact would emulate the SPP in Latin America, says new CLC report Forget about Ian Brodie's alleged phone call to the media regarding U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barrack Obama's stance on NAFTA. How's this for Canadian meddling in the upcoming U.S. elections? (more...) For more information on the SPP, please visit www.IntegrateThis.ca.

Integrate This! SPP Watch Update - Feb 29th, 2008

SPP Watch SPP WATCH makes the links between daily news items, new government initiatives and the ongoing Security and Prosperity Partnership talks between Canada, Mexico and the United States. As well as regular SPP updates, we will continue to post new reports, interviews and multimedia presentations critical of what is sometimes called the "deep integration" of North America. The site is updated regularly so visit often. Here's what went up on Integrate This! in the past week: The North American Union Farce The following article is reprinted with permission from the Americas Program at the Center for International Policy (CIP). (more...) Harper budget claims $29-million for SPP spending but figure likely much higher There is not a lot of detail available as to how the Harper government will spend $29 million on the Security and Prosperity Partnership, but that's what it says it will spend in the 2008 Conservative budget, which was tabled this week in the House of Commons. (more...) Obama, Clinton spook Canada's hardcore free-traders at SPP ministerial meeting The threat of renegotiating or dropping NAFTA altogether as proposed by Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton made its way to Los Cabos, Mexico this week where Security and Prosperity Partnership ministers were cajoling with the CEOs of the North American Competitiveness Council at their annual pre-SPP summit meeting. (more...) Canada hits 1 billion barrels but still imports more energy each year Canada hit the 1-billion-barrel mark this year, although it's not necessarily a record we should be proud of. (more...) "Stop the privatization of public policy and our nation," says Mexican trade network The following is a statement of the Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC) on the February 27 and 28 Security and Prosperity Partnership ministerial meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico, translated from the Spanish by Rick Arnold of Common Frontiers Canada. (more...) Alberta resists tar sands slowdown as new pipeline approvals explode Citizens, environmental groups, labour groups, First Nations communities, social justice and academic groups have all been saying there should be no new approvals in tar sands development. Big oil companies have now joined this call. So why aren't politicians listening? (more...) Opposition parties unite on return of Khadr; Canadian Bar Association calls for closure of Guantanamo Bay prison Yesterday, the president of the Canadian Bar Association joined bar leaders across the world in calling for the closure of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a CBC report. (more...) For more information on the SPP, please visit www.IntegrateThis.ca.

Copy of Leader's Release on the budget

For Immediate Release  

 
Connie Fogal, Leader of the Canadian Action Party, expressed
disappointment in the Federal Budget delivered by Finance Minister Jim
Flaherty. She noted that the two old line parties had cozied up
to maintain the status quo of recent years with minimal recognition of
the problems facing  Canadians.



The Canadian Action Party has long called on Governments to recognize
the role of the Bank of Canada in financing the infrastructure of the
nation. At a time when our cities are pleading for support of  green
transportation systems and the renewal of crumbling roads and bridges
the federal response has been unimaginative and minimalist in its
actions.



The ongoing fascination of the government with so-called security
measures involving biometric data, high tech driver licenses and
passports  in support of the SPP program is truly a continuing attack
on our privacy and civil liberties. " The government is clearly
committed to monitoring its citizens and collecting the most private of
data to store in databanks", observed Ms. Fogal.





"The sovereignty of our nation is being eroded day by day as we become
little more than a puppet state of our southern neighbours", she concluded.

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Connie Fogal, Leader ,Canadian Action Party/ parti action Canadienne
Tel: (604)872 2128; or (604) 708 3372
(FAX: 604) 872 -1504

Integrate This! SPP Watch Update - February 14, 2008

SPP Watch SPP WATCH makes the links between daily news items, new government initiatives and the ongoing Security and Prosperity Partnership talks between Canada, Mexico and the United States. As well as regular SPP updates, we will continue to post new reports, interviews and multimedia presentations critical of what is sometimes called the "deep integration" of North America. The site is updated regularly so visit often. Here's what went up on Integrate This! in the past week: Federal NDP proposes motion to disclose SPP working group activity to Parliament On February 12, NDP Trade Critic Peter Julian tabled a motion in the House of Commons that would ensure Parliament was consulted on the activities of the more than 20 Security and Prosperity Partnership working groups currently harmonizing all manner of Canadian policies with U.S. standards.(more...) Tar sands a toxic disaster, says Environmental Defence Environmental Defence, a national organization that works with citizens, decision-makers and businesses on environmental issues, released a report today in Ottawa slamming the federal government for its inaction and indifference to Canadian laws designed to protect our health, safety and environment from large-scale industrial projects. (more...) RCMP addicted to spying on anything that moves As if we needed another reminder that the RCMP is ill-equipped to handle national security investigations, Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart released the results of an audit yesterday that slammed the police force's exempt databases, which are bursting with information on the unlikeliest of people. (more...) Model water act won't float While it's refreshing to see the Globe and Mail call for regulation of interbasin freshwater removals, the Munk Centre's Model Water Act touted in Monday's editorial fails to explain how this may be achieved under our existing trade and constitutional arrangements. (more...) Don't buy the biofuel craze Public pressure is forcing governments to get serious about environmental protection. One area of particular concern is the global economy's reliance on dirty fossil fuels – a primary source of greenhouse gas emissions. With the phenomenon of "peak oil" looming in our near future, the race is on for cheap energy alternatives. (more...) Senate renews security certificate by clearing Bill C-3 Late yesterday, the Senate cleared Bill C-3, an act to re-legislate the security certificate process, which was found to be unconstitutional a year ago by the Supreme Court. (more...) An "Amero" for your thoughts? Canadian dollar, regulations a "barrier" to integration, says Woodrow Wilson Center report When the National Post feels strongly about an issue it doesn't hold back. There were three – count-em, three – op-eds in today's paper advocating deeper North American integration, including the possibility of a common currency across the continent. (more...) David Emerson: Our man in Afghanistan, or is that Washington? If the Harper-appointed Manley panel stacked with pro-integration business types didn't convince you that the Afghanistan mission is about trade rather than democracy then perhaps Stephen Harper's new Cabinet Committee and Task Force will do the trick. (more...) Walrus article attacks the continentalist climate criminals Relying on the "Security and Prosperity Partnership" google news alert for updates is kind of like fishing. Sometimes you hook a prize-winner, like this article on the recent Mexican anti-NAFTA protests by Katie Kohlstedt, or a recent news hit on the NDP's anti-SPP tour out of the University of Calgary's Gauntlet magazine. (more...) For more information on the SPP, please visit www.IntegrateThis.ca.

Tuesday February 12th Update on the Nationwide "Jelly Bean” Protest for a Referendum on the SPP" February 16th

CANADIAN ACTION PARTY (CAP) / (PAC) PARTI ACTION CANADIENNE P.O. Box 385-916 West Broadway Vancouver, BC   V5Z1K7 Phone:  604-708-3372    Fax: 604-872-1504   Tuesday February 12th Update  Nationwide "Jelly Bean" Protest for a Referendum on the SPP"  February 16th Hello all,   Here is a list of planned protests so far together with e-mail contacts.  If you are interested in attending please contact the organizers below.   The reason for using the theme Jelly Beans is two-fold.  Firstly Stephen Harper used the production and sale of jelly beans in the US and Canada in order to minimize and ridicule the legitimate concerns of Canadians about the SPP.  So this is just throwing his lying words back at him.  Further, because it will be cold in many of the places where the protest is being held  and people will be wearing gloves which makes clapping kind of ineffective - all are being encouraged to bring a clear plastic water bottle maybe half-way filled with jelly beans to be used as noisemakers (like maracas).   For more information, contact individuals listed below or check here:   http://www.canadianactionparty.ca/cgi/page.cgi?_id=21     Connie Fogal, Leader of the Canadian Action Party warned Canadians of the dangers of the SPP/NAU on May 7, 2007. "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."  - Connie Fogal, Leader Canadian Action Party If you are inspired to organize a protest in your city, please let us know.  We will add your information and repost the list.     Toronto:   1-4 p.m.  March to Queen's Park from Ontario Courts (361 University).  MC - Vijay Sarma (aka BK) CKLN Radio host.  Speakers include, Sydney White on the Bank of Canada, Dee Nicholson, Freedom in Canadian Healthcare, Doug Plumb, Toronto-Centre CAP candidate, Alan Mercer, Libertarian Party, Pierre Chenier, Marxist-Leninist Party, (everyone invited, not all responded) & music on arrival. Bring your signs, banners, flyers & jelly bean maracas!   Dress warmly!    Need 3 volunteers to hold the CAP banner.  Need marshalls as well if anyone wants to volunteer please send e-mail.  Info:  torontosppprotest@live.ca.   Windsor:  1-4 p.m.  Huron Line and College (closer to NAFTA Ambassador Bridge).  Speakers include Jim Brown, CAP candidate for Essex and Brian Masse NDP MPP and Joe Comartin NDP MP.  Info:  Shannon O'Brien   Shanfire_99@hotmail.com or Jim Brown jim008@sympatico.ca.   Cornwall:    1-4 p.m.  Meet at MP Guy Lauzon's office on Pitt.  Following march to City Hall, then to Standard Freeholder to demand they start reporting the truth about the North American Union.  Info:  Shannon or Dwight at 551-3181 or e-mail ddugas5@cogeco.ca   Ottawa:      1-5 p.m.  Parliament Hill     Speakers:  John Ogilvie, Green Party, Mike St-Onge, CAP candidate, other speakers tentative.  Info:  Mike St-Onge: cap-pac.mike@sympatico.ca or  Ashlee McKenzie   a_mckenzie22@hotmail.com.  Organization meetings: McNabb Centre at 180, rue Percy Street.  Feb 13th McNabb - 7-9pm (board room)   Feb 15th McNabb - 7-8pm (board room)     Montreal: Date: Feb 16, 2008 Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Place: details to follow Host: Concerned Citizens of Montreal et environs Please bring signs, banner, flyers & jelly bean shakers. For more information or to volunteer contact:  Fred Cusinato         derf-man@hotmail.com Winnipeg: 12:30-4 p.m.  Gather at City Hall.  March starting at 1 p.m. from City Hall to the Legislature where speeches will be held. People are encouraged to dress warm.  Everybody is encouraged to bring (non-glass) bottles to be filled with jelly beans as noise makers.  Somebody will be at City Hall distributing jelly beans, but people are encouraged to bring their own if they can.  Other activities will be held at the University of Winnipeg in the Bullman Centre shortly afterwards, but the specific details aren't available quite yet.  Details are and will continue to be posted on Facebook and on www.spptruthwinnipeg.mb.ca   Info:  Mike: mike.lennon@gmail.com,   Jose:  Joser_castellanosc@hotmail.com or Michael Welch michaelwelch121@yahoo.ca   Edmonton: 11:45-2 p.m.  We will be marching from City Hall to The Legislative Assembly of Alberta at Noon. Speakers include Gordon Laxer of The Parkland Institute, representatives from The Council of Canadians and Greenpeace as well, all the major political parties are invited to speak. we will have someone cover any other issues that are not touched on.  Bring signs, banners & jelly bean shakers, Make sure to dress warmly.   Info: Aaron Skaley, protest.spp@gmail.com   Calgary: 1-4 p.m.  City Hall/Olympic Plaza (McLeod Trail & 7th, downtown).  Bring sign, banners, jelly bean shakers.  Info:  Al Pujo trickkustom@hotmail.com   Peace River: (AB) Protests for a SPP Referendum Date: Feb 16, 2008 Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Place: details to follow Host: Concerned Citizens of Peace River & area Please bring signs, banner, flyers & jelly bean shakers. If you would like to help organize this event, Please contact: Ed Siggelkow:  edsiggel@telus.net   Kelowna: 12-5 p.m.  Meet at Highway 97 & Gordon.  Please bring signs, banner, flyers & jelly bean shakers. If people wish they can hand out material to cars parked at the lights. Next we will head off to City Hall, going by the Daily Courier and giving them some info on the SPP. Info:  Daniel Merchant    tre_merchant@hotmail.com    Vancouver:     1-4 p.m.  Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson)  Speakers include:  Connie Fogal, Leader CAP, Libby Davies, NDP MP.   Bring signs/banners & jelly bean shakers!   Every political party and NGO and private citizen is invited to join. Info:  James Flack richflack@shaw.ca   Victoria:   12:30 - 5 p.m. Douglas Street (Fort to Pandora) - Starts with a picket line style walk with signs and leaflets circulating along the sidewalks.  Bring signs/banners & jelly bean shakers!   Every political party and NGO and private citizen is invited to join.  Meeting at 1:45 at Kirk Hall of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church (650 Courtney at Douglas).  Speakers include Council of Canadians Sharon Lawrence (a.k.a. Carla Hill) pro SPP/NAU and Denise Savoie NDP MP, Jane Sterk Leader B.C.Green Party, Jeremy Arney CAP candidate,  UVic students, Unions & other NGO speakers against. Discussion period follows.    Info:  Derek Skinner Chilliwack: 1-5 p.m.  Find out what you're not being told about the SPP.  Free presentation with speakers & PowerPoint presentations.  First 30 people receive free DVD: Alex Jones' Endgame.  Chilliwack Best Western - Rainbow Country Inn. 4371 Industrial Way.  Speakers include Bev Collins, President & Candidate, CAP Grant Baudais, CAP, & Russ Porisky, Paradigm Education Group.  Info:  Debbie Anderson  (604)316-0969 or debbieisnow@shaw.ca   Squamish: Protests for a Referendum of the SPP Date: Feb 16, 2008 Time: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Place: details to follow Host: Concerned Citizens in West Van/Sunshine Coast/Sea To Sky. Bring signs/banners & jelly bean shakers!  If you are interested in helping to organize and / or attending please contact: marniegreen10@gmail.com Fredericton: 1-4 p.m.  Meet at the New Brunswick Legislature buildings (Queen Street), following with a march to MP Andy Scott's office.  Bring signs, banners & jelly bean shakers.  Info:  Trevor Kelly:    verdammt@gmail.com   Moncton: 12 noon  Protest in Victoria Park on Cameron.  Walk to City Hall for speeches.  Then proceed to MP Brian Murphy's office on St. George St.   Bring signs, banners, video cameras, camera & jelly bean shakers!  If anyone is willing to make some group snacks or has a megaphone please let me know asap.  Info:  Pam Bridgeo  wise_moon@hotmail.com Nova Scotia: Protests for a Referendum on the SPP Date: Feb 16, 2008 Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm If possible make a sign to wave. Please bring signs, banner, flyers & jelly bean shakers. Host: Concerned Citizens of Nova Scotia To help organize, please contact Lisa Carey: halifaxgirl_1@hotmail.com   Summerside: (PEI) Protests for a SPP Referendum! Date: Feb 16, 2008 Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Place: details to follow Host: Concerned Citizens of Summerside & area If possible make a sign to wave. Please bring signs, banner, flyers & jelly bean shakers. For more information or if you would like to help organize this event please contact: Robert Gallant cazba@hotmail.com   Vernon: Brainstorming meeting Feb 14th 3-8 p.m. The Talkin Donkey.    The Vernon SPP protest will take place on Saturday Feb.16th at 12; 00 noon at the large fountain located at highway 97 and 25th ave.  Political speakers:  Huguette Allen, Green Party, Alice Brown, NDP and Darren Seymour, CAP If possible make a sign to wave. Please bring signs, banner, flyers & jelly bean shakers. Please make copies of the following PDF document to hand out to the public at the protest. Also please email the following PDF to everyone on your contact list in North America. http://www.vivelecanada.ca/downloads/Wake_up_Canada(REV).pdf For further information or to volunteer, contact: Darren Seymour 250-547-6629    Email ourworld@hughes.net    Or, Jack Elliman 250-938-4202   Thunder Bay:     February 22nd evening of music and anti-SPP talk Please bring signs, banner, flyers & jelly bean shakers. (what's it all about),  481 Hodder Avenue.  Info Leo:  leold@hotmail.com   Nationwide Call to Action:          Demand a Referendum on the SPP! Date: Feb 16, 2008 Place: Main Street, Canada Host: Concerned Canadian Citizens - organize in your town or city! CALL TO ACTION On Feb 16th 2008, in cities and towns across Canada, citizens will come together to tell OUR elected representatives that we do not want the integration of Canada with the United States and Mexico. Gather in the streets, in churches, in buildings, and let your voice be heard! The latest attack on Canadian sovereignty is the Security and Prosperity Partnership with the U.S. and Mexico. This partnership is harmonizing all regulations, applying the lowest standards, and placing corporate profit before public safety. It calls for privatization of our national resources such as water, oil, food, trees, and people. It is bringing in  low-paid migrant workers into our country, creating more unemployment and driving our standard of living down. The 2002 bi-national planning agreement between Canada and the USA, created a joint North American defense system which is accelerated by the SPP. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! We demand that the government of Canada reverse this integration.  We demand a referendum by Canadian citizens with a clear question:    I do/do not want Canada to integrate with the United States and Mexico, thereby abandoning our nationhood and our sovereignty and submitting Canadians to  undemocratic, unelected, bureaucratic corporate rule, which is neither accountable to nor controlled by the people. Tell family, friends, coworkers, and strangers about the SPP. Get involved in saving our great country! Contact your local protest organizer, if there isn't someone... start organizing! ***MUST WATCH VIDEOS**** Connie Fogal's Corporate North American Union Address http://canadianactionparty.ca/Corporate_North_American_Union_address.html Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule Part 1 - 10 reasons to oppose the SPP & TILMA http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=sp5HOLvKn2I For more information contact Daniel Merchant: tre_merchant@hotmail.com Brochure: Feb_16_08.pdf (application/pdf, 90.9 K) More Information: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=sp5HOLvKn2I                         Further Writings by Connie Fogal, Leader of the Canadian Action Party On the SPP/NAU We'd Rather Be Canadian The distinction between the political line of the Canadian Action Party VS. other political parties on the North American Union updated on 10:51 AM, September 6, 2007  "We'd Rather Be Canadian"     PAC/CAP "Any opposition party that supports the continuation of Canada as a sovereign nation, "a true North strong and free", must join in a motion this Fall on the resumption of Parliament to end the implementation of the SPP/NAU process immediately. The motion should demand the dissolution of the Competitiveness Council and their working groups as being unconstitutional, an overreach of the power of the executive branch of government, and an abuse of the office of the Prime Minister. If the PM refuses to do this, then the opposition, if it is honest, if it is loyal to Canada, must bring this minority government down on a motion of non-confidence. No one can accuse Harper of "secrecy" nor "lack of transparency" on his institutionalization of corporate rulers as his right hand men and women, violating citizen right to democratic accountable government. Yet, in all these months, not one party in opposition has called for a non-confidence motion on this issue, or even tried to clip the wings of the working groups operating under the Competitiveness Council by cutting off their funding from our tax dollars." ...Connie Fogal August 31, 2007  Message from Connie Fogal, Leader, CAP/PAC      "On the Distinction Between the Political Line of CAP vs. that of the Liberals, NDP, Bloc Québécois, the Green Party, and the Council of Canadians Respecting the Integration of North America." NO GLOBALIZATION FROM "ABOVE" OR "BELOW."  STOP THE NAU INTEGRATION NOW. DISSOLVE THE WORKING GROUPS AND THE COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY. DON'T TALK ABOUT IT, DO IT! Respecting the corporate world attack on Canadian nationhood and sovereignty, and the even worse insidious attack on the value of the person, deeply concerned Canadians have been exercising various significant initiatives to inform themselves and others. They call for de-integration of North America. They demand restoration and protection of sovereign, free nations. They want to save their country, to have a country, to be a country. They recognize their own power and worth as a human being. What has been missing in our line of defence is a recognition that globalization is being promoted from "below" as well as "above".  We all know who forms the "above" group.  They are the corporate financial elite who believe the world is their oyster with a pearl obstructed or blocked by nationhood and sovereignty. What we have failed to identify and discuss is who or what constitutes the "below" group. It is those who believe globalization or the unification of North America is inevitable, but seek to humanize it. They are the unwitting dupes of the globalists, or the complicit cooperators. These "below" players come from the realm of "civil society", or non governmental organizations (NGOs), and some political parties. They participated with the "above" group in Canada for the FTA and NAFTA developments.  They were "at the table" and succeeded in carving out side agreements on labour and environmental standards to make NAFTA "socially sustainable".  It is my understanding that both Maude Barlow for the Council of Canadians (COC) and Elizabeth May for an environmental group were active participants at the NAFTA and/or other globalization agreements like the FTAA and the WTO representing "civil society." Laura MacDonald is a Canadian academic from Carleton University who in an article called "Civil Society and North American Integration," identified Canadian civil society "below" group players to include the Council of Canadians, environmentalists, and labour unions. MacDonald delivered her paper on "Civil Society and North American Integration" to a 2002 conference called "Toward A North American Community" (not Robert Pastor's book of the same title which came out in 2001). This conference focused on social and ideological aspects in creating a North American Union describing ways to counter the obstacles of nationalism and sovereignty.  MacDonald wrote,  " ...civil society has become a driver of a different form of integration based on 'globalization from below'."  She explains that civil society played an important part under NAFTA as a "social shock absorber" functioning to help people adapt to the new economic environment.  She identifies an important role for civil society in establishing a North American Union. She wrote, "...civil society actors do play an important role in making integration socially sustainable ....allowing individuals and groups left out of the benefits of integration to survive and adapt...." NAFTA was the beginning of the institutional, administrative restructuring of three nations into a North American Union. MacDonald explains that NAFTA constitutes "a new form of 'supranational constitutionalism' since it establishes norms which 'control government behaviour even though they are not part of the domestic constitution'."  She writes that the labour and environmental side agreements within NAFTA created some "new supranational architecture"; that the labour side agreement, called The North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation, institutionalized monitoring of labour legislation within each country, but failed  to improve labour standards of North America due to ineffective government enforcement of domestic labour laws; and that  the environmental side agreement enjoys considerable support from environmental NGOs. The leadership of the COC and some other NGO's, though not registered political parties, see NGO's as a form of representation of the people, despite the fact that they are unelected by, unaccountable to, and unrepresentative of all Canadians, just as are the members of the corporate Competitiveness Council. The value of the COC and, for example, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, lies in their excellent research and public information dissemination on national issues, and, for the COC, their capacity to muster numerous citizens in meaningful education exercise and advocacy, and for labour, in their capacity to mobilize the public to powerful dissent when the leadership has the will. Contrary to their assertions, the COC leadership does exercise political partisan practice, including efforts to control and manage public dissent. The COC calls for discussion and debate on the SPP, and, by its influence on the opposition parties, the COC defines and limits their strategy and action to a demand for "transparency" in the SPP process. Barlow is more honest and open than the opposition parties about her support for an integrated North America driven by civil society. Listen carefully to her words.  She calls for a  "different model" of a North American entity than is presented in the SPP. She does not call for an outright immediate end to integration, or a resumption of an independent, sovereign, democratic, free nation.  She wants an integration model that is sustainable and just. Barlow defines three prongs of power in the world: corporations (who have all the power), governments, (who no longer have any power), and civil society who are now the representatives of the people exercising the real power for the people. She is wrong. "Civil society" or "NGO's" have an important role to play in a democracy-lobbying, researching, disseminating information. But they cannot perform a democratic form of rule over the people, by the people, of the people, for the people. They must not permit themselves to be exploited by the globalists.  More importantly, citizens must not allow NGO's to usurp the role of democratic government. Each of us must decide what kind of a social order we want for ourselves, our children, and our community. Do we want to be "masters of our own ship", "captains of our own soul", or are we willing to settle for band-aids and crumbs? The Canadian Action Party says globalization and integration of North America are not inevitable.  Nations and sovereignty matter. They are the only way to ensure all people are valued. All we need is a mass of socially-conscious citizens marching together asserting  our right to be in control via our accountable representatives chosen from amongst ourselves preserving nationhood and sovereignty. With that in mind, I raise the following points for your consideration. Many of our tawdry political leaders are now being thrust kicking and screaming by their supporters to the front line. The best of them continue to wriggle, weak and uncertain, as they face the deliberate destruction of Canada by the continentalist agenda of the North American elite. Others deceive. Those who have good intentions, who wish to be on the right path, require the vigilant, disciplined clarity of their informed supporters. In the weeks leading  up to the "three amigos" meeting in Montebello Que., Canada, in August of 2007,  all mainstream opposition parties stopped denying that the Security and Prosperity Partnership agreement exists, and acknowledged that a North American implementation process of some kind was ongoing. As elected and unelected leaders of political parties and civil society move up to the bat, watch and listen for key words both written and spoken that reveal an unclear, or weak, or deceitful, or harmful, still hidden agenda. Look for key words like an "unless" or "until"  (jusqu'à ce que) or "a different model" or "North America" or "just and sustainable North America" which reveal a probable deception, or a direction not in sync with yours. Do not acquiesce to it if it is not what you want.  Keep the pressure on your favourite leaders and politicians to perform and deliver honestly on your behalf, to fight for your right to be Canadian, and your right to be a sovereign, valuable individual citizen with guaranteed  liberties. If that is what you want!  Think for yourself. Analyze. Question. All of the NDP, the Liberals, the Bloc Québécois and the Council of Canadians fail to call for an absolute cessation of the administrative integrating process of the unification of North America. They demand only  a suspension of the process UNTIL there is debate and discussion on the SPP, or on a different model of integration, and a vote in Parliament . The "until" means that the NDP, and Liberals, and BQ,and the COC will facilitate the integration of Canada into a North American entity as long as they have opportunity to talk about it and have input into its shape. Their complaint is they have not been included in the process to make it "sustainable " and "just". CAP is diametrically opposed to that direction.  This period of our history slaps us with an either/or situation - sovereign nations or an administered North American feudalism.   The Green Party says the SPP must be stopped.  Unfortunately, what the Greens give with one hand, they take back with the other. They muddy their position (or maybe reveal it) by calling for re-negotiation of NAFTA after it is abrogated - an absurdity. Why would you resurrect a monster? NAFTA broke the ground for the supranational architecture leading to a fully integrated SPP of North America. What the Green Party position suggests is that the environmental movement backing the Greens (and Elizabeth May, based on her track record at the table in NAFTA side agreements) believe that being at a negotiating table is the best way to help Canadians to "survive and adapt" to the North American unification.  Is their line "renegotiation of NAFTA" a signal for cooperation on the SPP so long as they can participate in the restructuring design or be part of the working groups to humanize them? The Green Party differs in approach from the Canadian Action Party in their failure to see the NAFTA and side agreement model for the harm it is.  NAFTA is not about Trade. It is about Continentalism.  The Green Party of Canada owes it to their supporters and to all Canadians to be open and clear on this issue. We cannot stop the SPP's unification of North America without eradicating NAFTA.  If the Green Party refuses to stay away from NAFTA, then they are playing mind games. Their re-negotiation talk is double speak or their design to institutionalize a North American administrative "sustainable" structure.  That is not a foundation for a sovereign nation. Dr. Jerome Corsi, in The Late Great USA, The Coming Merger with Mexico and  Canada, 2007 notes that the March 2005 CFR task force report titled "Creating a North American Community," for the first time gave the year 2010 as a specific date for full integration for North America.  CAP reported on this information in 2005. If we could get that information, so could each of the NDP, the Liberals, the BlocQuébécois. The COC had it. The NDP for months in 2007 have been referring to the working groups of the SPP. Their complaint about secrecy and lack of transparency as excuse for their failure to muster a non-confidence motion is not justifiable. Working from material he obtained under Freedom of Information applications, Dr Jerome Corsi sets out at page 81 in his book The Late Great USA, The Coming Merger with Mexico and Canada, the Organizational Chart for the operation in the USA of the Security and Prosperity Partnership Agreement.  This shows the institutionalized restructured apparatus within the executive branch of the U.S. government.  He has provided to me the organizational chart for the Canadian apparatus which is attached to this e-mail. I expect both the COC and the NDP have had this chart for some time as both have been referring to the numerous working groups functioning in Canada.  Each of these sections functions with officials from government and industry paid by our tax dollar working together with their U.S. and Mexican counterparts integrating and harmonizing and uniting the operations of the administration of Canada, the USA, and Mexico, i.e., uniting the executive arm of the three governments. Our Parliamentarians must do more than "ooh" and "ahh" about this. What is mandatory is to sweep out this apparatus and restore an independent Canadian civil service with sworn allegiance to all Canadian citizens and Canada as a nation. The unanimous trumpeting by the opposition parties and the COC for debate and transparency is an unleashing of the spin doctors to get the public on side, fool them into thinking their nationhood is intact so long as someone is "talking" Canadian - never mind that it is "double speak".  Any opposition party that supports the existence of Canada as a sovereign nation, "a true North strong and free", must join in a motion this fall on the resumption of Parliament to end the implementation of the SPP/NAU process immediately. The motion should demand the dissolution of the Competitiveness Council and their working groups as being unconstitutional, an overreach of the power of the executive branch of government, and an abuse of the office of the Prime Minister. If the PM refuses to do this, then the opposition, if it is honest, if it is loyal to Canada, must bring this minority government down on a motion of non-confidence. In early 2007, Harper published the names of the 10 Canadian corporations advising him.  Not one Member of Parliament publicly acknowledged the harm of this entity or its open installation of corporate rule in Canada violating the rights of Canadians to a democratic government. No one can accuse Harper of "secrecy" nor "lack of transparency" on his institutionalization of corporate rulers as his right hand men and women, violating citizen right to democratic accountable government. Yet, in all these months, not one party in opposition has called for a non-confidence motion on this issue, or even tried to clip the wings of the working groups operating under the  Competitiveness Council by cutting off their funding from our tax dollars. If Canada is to be restored to an independent, sovereign and democratic nation, if that is what you want, then your political leaders must take back control of our rules and procedures immediately into the hands of a democratic Parliament. They must act immediately to move the control of our government out of the hands of a cabinet apparatus and a bureaucracy that have abandoned their duty to the citizens and to the public good, and they must disembowel the corporate rule. It is in your control and power to demand that your M.P. act in your interest to protect your sovereignty as a Canadian; to demand he/she bring this government down on a motion of non-confidence; to demand that he/she clearly define the road back to independent, free nationhood. It is in your control and power to act and to vote in your own interest. CAP's position is that there should be no debate or discussion on whether or not any flavour of treason or sedition is to be considered in our Parliament. We are not interested in discussing or measuring the details or the how's and why's of our death as an independent, sovereign nation. What part of NO do they not understand?? We want a distinct, autonomous, sovereign nation. WE ARE CANADIANS! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Below are the publicly declared positions of the NDP, Liberals, Bloc Québécois, Green Party, and the COC leading up to the third NAU/SPP leaders' meeting at Montebello, Quebec, August 2007. : NDP July 9, 2007 "Peter Julian, NDP Trade critic on July 9, 2007 advised the public that the NDP calls on the Harper government to suspend SPP implementation; and organize a full legislative review and meaningful consultations with civil society (not you and me), culminating with a full debate and a vote in Parliament. A NDP Motion to be debated at the Standing Committee on International Trade in the Fall Session of Parliament "That the Standing Committee on International Trade report to the  House of Commons urging the Government of Canada to stop further implementation of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) with the United States and Mexico until there is a democratic mandate from the people of Canada, Parliamentary oversight, and consideration of its profound consequences on Canada's existence as a sovereign nation and its ability to adopt autonomous and sustainable economic, social, and environmental policies, and that the Government of Canada conduct a transparent and accountable public debate of the SPP process, involving public consultations with civil society and a full legislative review, including the work, recommendations, and reports of all SPP working groups, and a full debate and a vote in Parliament." (Fogal underlinings) "Jack Layton, Leader NDP   I can tell you that we will be organizing grassroots town hall meetings right across Canada to ensure Canadians get informed and have their say. You can help out too by forwarding this email to your friends and family to let them know more about this issue.  The NDP shares the opinion that the Conservative government has no mandate at this summit to lock Canada into an agreement of continental integration that seeks to undemocratically harmonize and weaken health, safety, and environmental standards. Instead, I have called on Prime Minister Harper to take this opportunity to discuss issues that will actually strengthen the security, prosperity and quality of life for all North Americans. Tackling climate change, closing the growing prosperity gap, respecting the rights of indigenous peoples and re-evaluating recent security initiatives are 4 key areas that should be discussed. My most recent letter to the Prime Minister on the SPP can be found at http://www.ndp.ca/page/5604." Liberals Aug 17 2007         "Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion on Aug 17, 2007 released Strong and Free: The Liberal Blueprint for the North American Leaders Summit at Montebello, Quebec – August 2007, outlining a detailed proposal to ensure Canada's interests are effectively promoted at the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) meetings in Montebello.   ...the Liberal Party is willing to use all the Parliamentary tools at its disposal to hold Mr. Harper to account, and to ensure that he explain the work of the SPP to Canadians through their  representatives.  Should the Prime Minister fail to level with Canadians, we will table a resolution calling on the government to inform Canadians of the work and negotiations of the SPP, and to report to the House of Commons to allow for parliamentary scrutiny and a full and informed debate when the Parliament reconvenes, concluded Mr. Dion." Bloc Québécois, Montréal, jeudi, le 16 août 2007   "De passage dans Outremont où il est venu faire campagne avec son candidat, Jean-Paul Gilson, le chef du Bloc Québécois, Gilles Duceppe, a déploré le secret qui entoure les discussions qui doivent avoir lieu à Montebello, entre le Canada, les États-Unis et le Mexique, relativement au Partenariat nord-américain pour la sécurité et la prospérité (PSP).  « Le premier ministre Harper cache à la population ce qu'il va tramer à Montebello. Les discussions sur la sécurité et la prospérité avec les présidents Georges W. Bush et Felipe Calderón se dérouleront dans le plus grand secret, compte tenu du fait que le gouvernement conservateur refuse d'informer les parlementaires des positions qu'il défendra aux différentes tables de discussions. Cette attitude a de quoi inquiéter, car il n'y aucun moyen de savoir si les conservateurs défendront les intérêts des Québécois et des Canadiens », a déclaré Gilles Duceppe.  Pour le chef du Bloc Québécois, il est clair que le Canada doit suspendre la mise en application des nouvelles mesures règlementaires découlant des discussions du PSP jusqu'à ce qu'il ait consulté les parlementaires. « D'ailleurs, le gouvernement Harper ne dispose d'aucun mandat pour agir dans le secret et procéder à des changements avec ses partenaires de l'ALÉNA », a ajouté Gilles Duceppe."   Green Party Aug 12, 2007   "Janet Eaton:   Stopping the SPP is an imperative and overarching issue for The Green Party of Canada.  We are at the eleventh hour in terms of the SPP which is moving rapidly towards a deeper form of continental integration by 2010... The SPP is not a treaty or an agreement like NAFTA but rather a framework for a partnership which builds on NAFTA within a broader security policy framework agreed upon by the leaders of Canada, US and Mexico in Waco, Texas in March of 2005.  Within this kind of North American Community we would find ourselves harnessed to a nation which has clawed back essential laws which defy the first amendment of their Constitution and imposed police state like tactics and policies by Executive orders, and which is waging an unending war on terror begun on the basis of widely recognized false accusations. We would no longer have a voice in international trade arena, our foreign policy and military would be managed even more explicitly from Washington and any semblance of sovereignty and adherence to former so-called Canadians public policy values would be lost. Canada will be subservient to a dominant world power which, under its present administration, has clawed back and destroyed years of progressive environmental legislation what Robert F. Kennedy Junior has called 'Crimes Against Nature.' "  The Green Party considers it urgent to increase public awareness of the SPP... The Green Party would scrap the SPP and force the re-negotiation of NAFTA, which the Canadian government can do by invoking the six month clause to rescind NAFTA. Recent reports are showing that NAFTA did not live up to its promises and even The Economist magazine recently wrote that NAFTA was oversold. Yet, the SPP builds on NAFTA as if it were an unmitigated success. The Green Party believes that trade deals must be open and democratic, reflecting a commitment to "fair trade" above "free trade." Fair trade means that economic, social and ecological justice must not succumb to investor rights, embodied in one of the most problematic Chapters of NAFTA. The government's responsibility to protect its citizens and the environment must trump short-term economic interests.   Council of Canadians (COC) Maude Barlow  Aug 16,2007     "Where's the transparency in the 'Security' and 'Prosperity' Partnership?   Governments in all three countries have dodged political or public debate about the  SPP...  Our organization is not against international co-operation. We are concerned, however, about the nature of the co-operation between the executive branches of our government and the big business community established by the SPP.... ...business proponents of the deal point to the more benign aspects of regulatory harmonization, such as .... dealing with pandemics. ...Stephen Harper promised to take all major international treaties before the House but our elected officials have been left in the dark regarding the SPP. In fact, there has been no parliamentary debate about the SPP in any of the three countries. It's about time the leaders of all three NAFTA countries respect the fundamentals of democratic accountability and open the SPP up to public and parliamentary scrutiny."   Maude Barlow Aug 20, 2007.... "The Council of Canadians is demanding that the Harper government cease all SPP talks until the agreement is brought before parliament and the public.... (Press release) Aug 20 COC release: More than 500 people packed an auditorium at the University of Ottawa, to hear Maude Barlow, along with civil society representatives from the U.S. and Canada, to condemn the SPP and promote a vision of a more just and sustainable North America." .............................................................................................................................. 1. The Late Great USA, The Coming Merger with Mexico and  Canada, 2007, Dr Jerome Corsi, Midpoint Trade Books, ISBN: 9780979045141, www.worldahead.com, (310) 961-4170

CAP SUPPORTS NATIONWIDE CALL TO ACTION ON THE SPP FEBRUARY 16, 2008

CANADIAN ACTION PARTY (CAP) / (PAC) PARTI ACTION CANADIENNE P.O. Box 385-916 West Broadway Vancouver, BC   V5Z1K7 Phone:  604-708-3372    Fax: 604-872-1504     CAP SUPPORTS NATIONWIDE CALL TO ACTION ON THE SPP FEBRUARY 16, 2008   The Canadian Action Party (CAP) wholeheartedly supports a grassroots Nationwide Call to Action on February 16, 2008.  In towns and cities all over this great nation, concerned citizens will be coming together to send a clear message to our elected representatives in Ottawa - we the people demand open disclosure and a Referendum on the Security and Prosperity Partnership  (SPP).   As of February 10, protests are being organized in Toronto, Windsor, Cornwall, Ottawa, Fredericton, Moncton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vernon, Victoria, Chilliwack, Kelowna and Vancouver.  CAP candidates and some sitting MPs will be speaking in a number of these locations. The SPP is an agreement between Paul Martin, George Bush and Vincente Fox in March 2005, later endorsed by Stephen Harper upon his election in 2006.  CAP has been the only party speaking out loudly and clearly against it since it was announced.    CAP called for a non-confidence vote on the issue in Parliament upon its return but this was ignored.  CAP now has an online Petition for a Referendum of the People circulating as well as posted on its website.  To date there are approximately 8,500 signatures of Canadians who agree that this is far too important for the future of Canada to be left to an unrepresentative Parliament and must be put to a referendum.   CAP candidates, members and leader Connie Fogal were present in Ottawa and Montebello this past summer and witnessed police state tactics and police posing as agents provocateurs used against peaceful protesters at the 3rd leaders' summit.  Truly it was a forceful suppression of legitimate dissent and a shameful display in a country that is supposed to be a democracy.    The fourth SPP leader summit has just been announced and will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana in April.   Connie Fogal says "That the North American continent is being transformed from three sovereign nations - Canada, USA, Mexico into one regional corporate power base and a North American Union police state through agreements like FTA, NAFTA, TILMA, and SPP. The Smart Border Action Plan, the Smart Regulation Action Plan and the Bi-National Planning Agreement.  However, unlike the creation of the European Union, there is no public, political or academic discourse on the merits, or pros and cons of a North American Union or a vote within each nation as to the wish of the people to join such a union. It is being imposed on us by stealth by our own elected representatives and governments, and is already well on its way to fruition. The NDP is calling for a debate and vote in Parliament which will result in approval.   The Manitoba NDP Provincial Government openly supports the NASCO or NAFTA Super Highway as was announced in the Throne Speech on November 20, 2007.      By its silence the mainstream media is complicit in this agenda for integration and the resulting loss of sovereignty.  Therefore Canadians must seek information through the alternative media in order to be informed about this dangerous time in Canada's history.   If you feel as these concerned citizens do, that sovereign democratic nations matter, please get involved and get active. Help out in the locations noted by contacting the organizers.  Where possible we have provided information about the protests on our events calendar at:        www.canadianactionparty.ca.    This is our future and we can no longer rely on our elected representatives to do what is best for the Canadian public as they have long ago sold out to corporate interests.

NDP challenges Harper on SPP Negotiations

Thank you for your previous email regarding Canada's sovereignty. Frankly, we share your concern.

The NDP has spoken out against the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) from the beginning, and when these talks picked up pace in Montebello last summer, we launched a national campaign to expose the SPP. You can read background information on the SPP negotiations at: http://www.ndp.ca/page/5614 and http://www.ndp.ca/stopthespp.

The upcoming leaders' summit this April in New Orleans provides our government yet another opportunity to come clean on this matter. It's important not to lose sight that the meetings in New Orleans have nothing to do with security and prosperity, but instead will lead to the steady erosion of Canada's sovereignty and the quality of life for Canadians.

We feel that the people whose families are dealing with the consequences of these misguided policies are the same people who are being shut out of the decision-making process. It is disappointing that Prime Minister Harper is telling people that there's no room for them at the table – and that's not right. In Parliament I have demanded that Harper take this opportunity to discuss issues that will actually strengthen the security, prosperity and quality of life for all North Americans. Tackling climate change, closing the growing prosperity gap, respecting the rights of indigenous peoples and re-evaluating recent security initiatives are 4 key areas that should be discussed.

We take this issue very seriously. That is why each and every member of our caucus is going to do their part to make sure that the voices of Canadians get heard.

NDP activities to stop the SPP involve: a national tour of public forums and turning up the pressure in Parliament and in committees. The NDP is also working alongside civil society groups and labour unions to hold the Conservative government to account and to increase pressure on the Harper government to stop SPP implementation until there is a meaningful public consultation and a full debate and vote in Parliament.

International Trade critic Peter Julian and other NDP MPs have been traveling across the country to speak out on the issue and ensure that everyday Canadians get informed and have their say. I encourage you to visit http://www.peterjulian.ca/page/569 or contact Peter's office at juliap@parl.gc.ca to find out about future town hall meetings.

Many have written to say that the NDP is the only party they can count on to stand up for Canada. I want you to know that we will continue to do just that. All the best.

Sincerely,

Jack Layton, MP (Toronto-Danforth)
Leader, Canada's New Democrats