WikiLeaks Cable Discusses North American [economic] Integration Strategy
Another example of our Government initiating major policy on which we never had the opportunity to vote.
From Good Shit:
As part of the Security and Prosperity Partnership, left to right The Hon. Maxime Bernier, Canadian Minister of Industry; the Hon. Stockwell Day, Canadian Minister of Public Safety; Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State; and the Hon. Peter MacKay, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs met in Ottawa on Friday, February 23, 2007.Leaked U.S. cable lays out North American ‘integration’ strategy National Post:
The integration of North America’s economies would best be achieved through an “incremental” approach, according to a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable.
The cable, released through the WikiLeaks website and apparently written Jan. 28, 2005, discusses some of the obstacles surrounding the merger of the economies of Canada, the United States and Mexico in a fashion similar to the European Union.
“An incremental and pragmatic package of tasks for a new North American Initiative NAI will likely gain the most support among Canadian policymakers,” the document said.
“The economic payoff of the prospective North American initiative … is available, but its size and timing are unpredictable, so it should not be oversold.”
Many different areas of a possible integration are discussed throughout the cable, but the focus is on improving the economic welfare of the continent. It suggests one of the main benefits to Canada would be easier access across the U.S. border, calling it a “top motive” for this country.CONTINUED
3 comments:
Pastorius,
Oh great, I really don't want this. Its bad enough that our government is doing so many other things that are actually not in our interest and chances are there is more to this than meets the eye.
You realize this is another episode of 'the paranoid freaks were onto something, while normal people were being 'realistic'?
I went over to the "conspiracy" side about two years back. I had seen a story (and I posted it here or at Astute Blogger) with my comments. The point of the story was that President Calderon was mad at Obama over the fact that he was not opposing the anti-illegal immigrant movement strongly enough. Calderon had commented something to the effect that he had kept up his end of the bargain, and Obama was supposed to keep up the US side of the bargain.
In other words, he was admitting that he and Obama had an agreement (which I think was an extension from previous administrations, so I'm not blaming this on Obama) to keep the free flow of illegal immigrants into the US.
I can not find that article anymore, as Google has made it almost impossible to find old posts on blogs.
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