Posted on 03/14/2005 7:15:38 PM PST by twas
WASHINGTON - The leaders of Canada, Mexico and the United States will discuss a plan to beef up continental security and speed up movement across their borders when they meet next week.
A report calls for the creation of a common economic and security community by the end of the decade. The document's proposals would try to create a secure perimeter around the continent, while making it easier for people and goods to move across the shared borders.
The proposals contained in the report are expected to be a part of the discussions when Prime Minister Paul Martin and Mexican President Vicente Fox meet with U.S. President George W. Bush at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.
The report was jointly sponsored by the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations.
Among its chief recommendations:
Unified visa and refugee regulations.
Joint inspection of container traffic at ports.
An integrated terror watch list.
Biometric border passes to allow freer movement at borders and customs sites.
Joint energy and natural resources strategies.
A strategy to stimulate Mexican economic development.
If the three leaders manage to agree in principle to some of the report's recommendations, further discussions would be required to hammer out the details.
Greater continental integration could be opposed in all three countries. A North American economic community could make some Canadians nervous about the country's sovereignty.
Mexicans could worry about a U.S. grab of natural resources.
Some Americans, on the other hand, could be concerned about their partners' commitment to continental security.
The task force that prepared the report was chaired by former deputy prime minister John Manley, former Mexican finance minister Pedro Aspe and former Massachusetts governor William Weld.
You don't get to vote. They will make decisions at this meeting without input from Americans, because American citizens no longer control their own government.
The groups that do have control are the Summit of the Americas and the Organzation of American States. They will and do have a say. because the future that Canada, Mexico and the US federal government are planning in this meeting is a North America where the 3 countries are fused and a soviet style federation of states is the supranational government.
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It'll be interesting to hear what quotes from the Prez they'll release after the meeting.
You aren't getting a Globalist warm and fuzzy just yet?
We're on the downhill side of the story now...
This is the Democratic party's strategy to gain votes. Bring in 30 million left wingers from Canada, and 100 million Mexicans.
Yeah, but, the GOP keeps selling America down the river on the really important stuff...the GOP only acomplishes the parts of the RAT agenda that the RATs themselves could never accomplish. Case in Point: Nixon, Kissinger, Communist china. Oh, wait - that was a GOOD idea building up a mortal enemy. /xxxs
I'll probably get it about the same time you do.
America is (supposed to be) a constitutional republic, and George W. Bush was electd to be a president, not a dictator.
I'm just watching this one develop and you're right there is a weird absence of open-border defenders in here - spooky.
Please ping me if any of the pro-amnesty types show up. I want to see what they have to say about this one.
It goes a long way in explaining why we 'dance' with neighbors that behave like our enemies, IMO...the "it's for the good of America" crowd ain't got no juice for this one.
Even they must realize that this is indefensible, and an outrage to everything that America is supposed to stand for.
Who is trying to destroy the USA's sovereignty and why ?
Send John Bolton. :)
Regards, Ivan
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Where are the TRAITORS NOW? BTTT
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