Task Force on the Future of Canada

The Deep Integration Agenda Continues

A friend said:

"I knew this last year. If you look at the FTAA negotiations
and also about the secret table John Manley sits at regarding
the harmonization of the military and the police, you know
what they are up to, to put it bluntly, Paul Martin slops at
the same trough as all the other globalists. He may cry
crocodile tears when looking at devastation, but he would
have to go a hell of a long ways to convince me that he isn't
a duck...."
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Council of Canadians
News [14-Feb-05]

Confidential task force document reveals
true business agenda for Canada

OTTAWA - A confidential document from the
Task Force on the Future of North America
confirms the Council of Canadians' worst fears:
Canada's business elite are planning to push the
country toward deeper integration with the United
States, including abandoning protections for culture
and fresh water.

The task force is a joint project of the Council of
Foreign Relations (CFR) in the U.S., the Mexican
Council of Foreign Relations (MCFR), and the Canadian
Council of Chief Executives (CCCE). It is co-chaired by
former Deputy Prime Minister John Manley and
Tom d'Aquino, Chief Executive of the CCCE. The
document, reported in today's Toronto Star, is a
summary of the task force's first meeting, which
took place in Toronto in October 2004.

"The agenda is a virtual carbon copy of the CCCE's
North American Security and Prosperity Initiative,
which Tom d'Aquino has been selling since 9/11.
If you think this is just an external task force with
little influence, think again. One recommendation,
an annual Summit of the three countries' leaders,
has already been implemented," says Maude Barlow,
National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians.
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Analysis from a friend:

Among the "contentious" issues discussed
in the document are:

* Eliminating current NAFTA exemptions for
culture and certain sectors of agriculture.
* "Crafting a North American 'resource pact'
that would allow for greater intra-regional trade
and investment in certain non-renewable natural
resources, such as oil, gas, and fresh water."
* Creating an integrated North American electrical
grid.....[..]
* A "North American brand name" - one suggestion
is to portray North America as a sort of "club of
privileged members." The North American identity
is also to be reinforced through the education system.
* A "North American security perimeter," .....[..]
* "Common exclusion lists for people from third
countries."
* A "North American passport." ...[..]
* "Increased consultation on monetary policy,
with the understanding that some form of North
American currency union could become feasible in
the future."
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"It's clear that what this task force has in
mind is a North American common market..."

Maude Barlow, National Chairperson Council of Canadians.
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