Part
II: Laws, Arrangements and Agreements
written
by
Connie Fogal, Leader CAP/PAC, November 2005
Lets look at some of the other incredible arrangements our government
has made, all of which throw away our sovereignty, independence, and our
civil liberties.
1. The Canada -U.S. Smart Border
Declaration with a 30 point action plan signed Dec 12,2001
2.
The Public Safety Act, 2002 with despotic powers to certain Cabinet
Ministers
3. The Anti Terrorism Act currently under review
4.The
North American Security and Prosperity Initiative (NASPI)- a report
released January 2003 of the project of the Canadian Council of Chief
Executives(CCCE) to develop a strategy for shaping Canada's future within
North America and Beyond
5. The Security and Prosperity
Partnership Agreement signed by Bush and Martin in March of 2005
6.
40 Point Smart Regulation Action Plan
7. The Report of Ministers
to the Leaders -SPP- North America June 2005
1. The Canada - U.S. Smart Border Declaration signed Dec 12,2001. Note
John Manley signed this when he was deputy Prime Minister along with Tom
Ridge, US Homeland Security Director. Manley is now the head of the North
American Union Task Force promoting the end of the nations of Canada ,
USA, and Mexico as we know them.
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/newsroom/factsheets/2002/sep/smart-e.html
The
Canada -US Smart Border Declaration has everything to do with total
integration of Canada into the USA dominated system and control, with
total loss of Canadian sovereignty and independence. Our government
through one Cabinet Minister and his officials committed Canadians to
arrangements which had not been discussed in Parliament, nor presented to
the Canadians at large. Some would say it is treasonous to be making, in
effect, fundamental changes to our constitutional structure without taking
this to the citizens. The arrangements are after the fact being rammed
through Parliament piecemeal without any Member of Parliament making a
fuss about the fact of the pre-arranged agreement between Manley and
Ridge, nor demanding that Canadians should have a say in this. No Member
of Parliament was elected on any platform to create or enter a North
American Union which this Smart Border Declaration is doing. The tragedy
for Canadians is that we appear to have no MP's, nor party with
representatives elected to the House of Common who are prepared to fight
for Canadians, or even to inform us. In effect, there is no opposition in
government. The opposition is us, outside of government. This should not
have to be!
This declaration outlines a set of
initiatives called the 30-point Action Plan. The Canada Customs and
Revenue agency is working collaboratively with the United States Customs
Service, the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service and
Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The CCRA has the lead responsibility
for eight of the initiatives outlined in the 30 Point Action Plan. Making
those eight happen is the priority for CCRA. The eight are:
- A
Single Alternative Inspection System
-Air Pre-clearance
-Advance
Passenger Information/Passenger Name Record
-Ferry Terminal
Reviews
-Harmonized Commercial Processing
-Clearance
Away from the Border
-Customs Data Exchange
-In-Transit
Container Targeting at Seaports
The 30 points are:
1)
Biometric Identifiers- Jointly develop on an urgent basis common biometric
identifiers in documentation such as (this means in other ways too)
permanent resident cards, NEXUS, and other travel documents. (That means
DNA markers, eyeprints and fingerprints) ( CBC recently reported that this
month our Government will present to Parliament a bill that will permit "chips"
being placed in our passports. The chips will hold untold amounts of
personal data, even possibly to the amount of money you have in your bank
account. This chip can be accessed and read by any one or place that has
the existing technology. It has been reported to me that the Mohawk
Indians have been approached by our government to volunteer to being "chipped"
and to have DNA records of them created for tracking. Chips are
microscopic devices that can be implanted in your skin as easily as on a
card. This is no longer science fiction folks. It is happening.)
2)
Permanent Resident Cards- a secure card which includes a biometric
identifier. (It is the impending legislation that will require all
citizens to be
fingerprinted and eye printed, and to have all
their personal data encrypted on a national card- even human chip implants
to track your location and activity. Many cell phones already do that.
Some clothing manufacturers, and I am told Walmart is one, already have
microscopic tracking chips that remain in the clothes after you leave the
store with your purchase. If someone wanted to, they could track you if
you wear Walmart clothing. Who has sanctioned that?
3)
Single Alternative Inspection System- Resume NEXUS for two-way movement of
pre-approved travellers at Sarnia-Port Huron,and expand a single program
to other areas along the land border. Discuss expansion to air travel.
4)
Refugee/Asylum Processing-Review practices and procedures to ensure that
applicants are thoroughly screened for security risks and take necessary
steps to
share information on refugee and asylum claimants.
5)
Managing of Refugee/Asylum Claims- Negotiate a safe third-country
agreement to enhance the managing of refugee claims. ( The Safe Third
Country Agreement was signed by officials of Canada and the United States
on December 5, 2002. The agreement allows both countries to manage the
flow of refugee claimants. No longer does Canada make its own decisions
based on our sovereign principles.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/policy/safe-third.html ) Did you hear any
fuss being made by anyone in Parliament about this destruction of our
sovereign capacity? Or by the media?
6) Visa Policy
Coordination- joint respective visa waiver lists and share look-out lists
at visa issuing offices.
7) Air Preclearance-
implement the Preclearance Agreement signed in January 2001. Resume
intransit preclearance at Vancouver and
expand to other airports
per Annex I of the Agreement.
The following url shows
the Bill C22 The Preclearance Act. I do not know if the Act has come into
force yet. It clearly allows for the no fly lists and gives authority to
pre-clearance officers in special setoff areas at airports to do thing
with persons named.
http://www.parl.gc.ca/36/1/parlbus/chambus/house/bills/government/S-22/S-
8)
Advance Passenger Information / Passenger Name Record- Share this on
flights between Canada and the United States, including in-transit
flights. Identify risks posed by passengers on international flights
arriving in each other's territory. (These are the "no fly"
lists whereby any of us can be defined as a bad guy and not allowed to
fly. Senator Kennedy was put the no fly list of the US . It took a while
to get his name removed. )
See what Canada's privacy
commissioner says about the No Fly lists:
http://news.gc.ca/cfmx/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=163059
9)
Joint Passenger Analysis Units-Establish joint units at key international
airports in Canada and the United States.
10) Ferry
Terminals- Review customs and immigration presence and practices at
international ferry terminals. ( End of sovereign Canadian only decisions)
11)
Compatible Immigration Databases- automated database, such as Canada's
Support System for Intelligence, for information exchange, and enhance
sharing of intelligence and trend analysis.
12)
Immigration Officers Overseas- Increase number of Canadian and US
immigration officers at airports overseas and enhance joint training of
airline personnel. ( More do it the US way when maybe we would not do it
at all if we made our own decision)
13) International
Cooperation- technical assistance to source and transit countries.
14)
Harmonized Commercial Processing-complementary systems for commercial
processing, including audit-based programs and partnerships with industry.
Explore
the merits of a common program.
15) Clearance Away
from the Border- integrated trade facilitation through away-from-
the-border processing for truck/rail cargo (and crews), including inland
preclearance/post-clearance,
international zones and pre-processing centers at the border, and maritime
port intransit preclearance.
16) Joint Facilities-
under current legislation and regulations create small, remote joint
border facilities. Examine the legal and operational issues associated
with the establishment of international zones and joint facilities,
including armed protection or the arming of law enforcement officers in
such zones and facilities. ( An armed border)
17)
Customs Data - Sign the Agreement on Sharing Data Related to Customs
Fraud, exchange agreed upon customs data pursuant to NAFTA, and discuss
what additional commercial and trade data should be shared for national
security purposes. (By sharing financial data, they can drive anyone into
bankruptcy if they want to . Re- read Orwell's 1984) (Lougheed Martin, a
military oriented company has been given the contract to handle Canadian
census data which means under the USA Patriot Act , all the information
about every Canadian is in the hands of the US Homeland Security. .That
body has Orwellian powers with tentacles now into Canadian homes. At what
point will Canadian outrage emerge? )
18) Intransit
Container Targeting at Seaports- exchange information and analysis. Work
in partnership
with the industry to develop advance electronic
commercial manifest data for marine containers arriving from overseas.
19)
Infrastructure Improvements- joint and coordinated physical and
technological improvements to key border points and trade corridors -
dedicated
lanes and border modeling exercises. (Easy movement of
troops into Canada)
20) Intelligent Transportation
Systems-Deploy interoperable technologies in support of other initiatives
to facilitate the secure movement of goods and people, such as transponder
applications and electronic container seals. (Transponders are devices
that take a picture of you as you drive by and track you - like on
Ontario's highway 407)
21) Critical Infrastructure
Protection- Conduct binational threat assessments on trans-border
infrastructure and identify necessary additional protection measures, and
initiate assessments for transportation networks and other critical
infrastructure.
22) Aviation Security- Finalize
Federal Aviation Administration-Transport Canada agreement on
comparability/equivalence of security and training standards.
23)
Integrated Border and Marine Enforcement Teams-Expand IBET/IMET to other
areas of the border and enhance communication and coordination.
24)
Joint Enforcement Coordination-comprehensive and permanent coordination of
law enforcement, anti- terrorism efforts and information sharing, such as
by strengthening the Cross-Border Crime Forum and reinvigorating Project
Northstar. (Law enforcement is a crucial part of sovereignty-)
25)
Integrated Intelligence- joint teams to analyze and disseminate
information and intelligence, and produce threat and intelligence
assessments. Initiate
discussions regarding a Canadian presence
on the U.S. Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force. (Canada gives up any
semblance of independent policies. ) ( Is this the source of the bill
coming before Parliament this month that will give increased powers to
security forces to spy on and take action against e mail and websites and
cell phones and fax communications
26)
Fingerprints-RCMP to access FBI fingerprint data directly via real-time
electronic link (and vice versa) .
27) Removal of
Deportees- Address legal and operational challenges to joint removals, and
coordinate
initiatives to encourage uncooperative countries to
accept their nationals. (In other words, Canada will adopt US rules on who
is to be deported. That explains the transition to violation of
international human rights by Canada in the harsh treatment in Canada of
the 5 Muslims detained without trial and without defence in provincial
prison without release .)
28) Counter-Terrorism
Legislation-Bring into force legislation on terrorism, including measures
for the designation of terrorist organizations. (This is the source of our
Anti--terrorist legislation - our Bill C 36, and the USA Patriot Act. It
was not Canadian philosophy and policy and tradition that brought this
Orwellian legislation into being. It was the demand from the US, and
Canada's submission to and under this agreement. Canada promised to
deliver this. 9/11 was the impetus, the excuse, to do what was intended
any way. In both the USA and Canada, the anti-terrorist legislation is up
for review now. The goal is to make the laws in both countries even more
invasive and liberty stripping, more Orwellian. )
29)
Freezing of Terrorist Assets-Exchange advance information on designated
individuals and organizations in a timely manner.
30)
Joint Training and Exercises- joint response to terrorism- joint
counter-terrorism training and exercises
Read how the
U.S. Homeland Security website explains this agreement:
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=97
This
Canada -US Smart Border Declaration militarizes Canada and sets the stage
for a police state. It is responsible for our anti-terrorist law which
emulates the US Patriot Act. The anti-terrorist laws discriminate against
racial groups, remove habeas corpus, (ie, the right to be produced before
a court rather than arrested, locked up
and the key thrown
away), remove the right to a fair trial or in some cases to any trial at
all. They remove the right to defend yourself. They criminalize dissent.
They revokes civil liberties. They are Draconian laws sitting there
waiting to pounce on lawful citizens when the right occasion presents
itself. Canada's anti-terrorist law is already being applied against
Canadians of middle Eastern heritage- note the 5 Muslims incarcerated in
Toronto upon being accused of being terrorists. Our judicial history
prevented indefinite incarceration without a trial.We had to be found
guilty, not just accused. That protection is gone now.
2.
The Public Safety Act, 2002 (Bill C7) grew out of Bills C 17, C55, and
C42. This act amends 23 existing acts and implements the Biological and
Toxin Weapons Convention Act.
http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/bills_Is.asp?lang=E&Is=c7&source=library_prb&Parl=37&Ses=3
The
Public Safety Act imposes many terms that restrict civil liberties. The
section dealing with interim orders grants despotic powers to a number of
Cabinet Ministers such that at their individual, sole decree without prior
Parliamentary oversight, approval or sanction, they can impose the police
state. Eight parts of the Bill amend various statutes to provide a new
power permitting the responsible Minister to make interim orders in
situations where immediate action is required (as he alone determines) .
For example, the Minister of Health can require mandatory vaccinations and
quarantine.
Interim orders under The Public Safety
Act are exempt from the usual requirements of our law that are in place to
prevent abuse and excess. These orders are specifically free from checks
to avoid abuse or violations of the Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms and the Canadian Bill of Rights These orders avoid examination by
government lawyers whose usual job is to ensure regulations and orders are
not an unusual or unexpected use of authority;and that they do not
trespass unduly on existing rights and freedoms.
The
respective Ministers, are:
* Department of Health Act
Minister of Health;
* Food and Drugs Act Minister of
Health;
* Hazardous Products Act Minister of Health;
* Navigable Waters Protection Act Minister of Fisheries and Oceans;
* Pest Control Products Act Minister of Health;
*
Quarantine Act Minister of Health;
* Radiation Emitting
Devices Act Minister of Health; and
* Canada Shipping
Act; Canada Shipping Act, 2001
(4) Ministers of Transport
and Fisheries and Oceans.
Now it is
clearer to understand what the gun registration was all about!. Disarm the
people from protecting themselves from their own government , not
protection from
criminals. This concept of possibly needing to
protect ourselves from our government is so foreign to the Canadian psyche
that most of us did not see the malevolence of the gun registry program.
We became unwitting dupes to the police state agenda because of our
antipathy towards violence.
3. The Anti Terrorism Act
- (Bill C 36) Currently under review to make it even more prohibitive.
See:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/1/parlbus/chambus/house/bills/government/C-36/C-36_1/C-36TOCE.html
4.
The North American Security and Prosperity Initiative (NASPI)- a project
of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives(CCCE)launched in January 2003
to develop a strategy for shaping Canada's future within North America and
Beyond.
See:
http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/view/?document_id=365&area_id=7
This
url is a must read. It was posted or updated November2, 2005 as News and
Information. It is a discussion paper released April 2004. Here you can
see that the chief executives of the 150 leading corporations of Canada
are in the driver's seat setting out the political agenda to meet its own
interests. Their own language has a flavour of their attitude that they do
rule.
Here is the preface to their discussion paper.
The bold markings are mine for emphasis.
"The
Council was the private sector leader in the development and promotion of
the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement during the 1980s and of the
subsequent trilateral North American Free Trade Agreement. North American
economic integration is now well advanced and irreversible, and in the
face of global terrorism, the economic and physical security of the
continent have become indivisible.
While the
Council's fundamental vision for North America remains trilateral, we
believe that to be most effective in addressing some of the key challenges
facing our continent today, Canada and the United States must take the
lead in developing a new paradigm for cooperation, one that will increase
the security of our respective citizens and maximize the ability of our
countries to prosper in a world marked by increasingly intense competition
among developed and developing countries. Given ever-growing international
flows of goods, services, people, investment and ideas, this new paradigm
must be based on respect for sovereignty while achieving more effective
and mutually beneficial interdependence.
Following
more than a year of research and consultation with academics, business
leaders and government officials in Canada, the United States and Mexico,
we are ready to share some of our thinking. Many important questions
remain to be answered, but we hope that the 15 specific recommendations we
offer in this discussion paper serve as a point of departure for debate
within Canada and the United States and as a spur to action on the
critical issues that we have identified.
On behalf of
the members of the Council, we are grateful to our readers for your
interest in the shared challenges facing Canadians and our North American
partners. We look forward to your thoughts and to working with you to
ensure growing security and prosperity for all North Americans.
Richard
L. George
Chairman
Thomas P. d'Aquino
President
and Chief Executive"
Most
important is the CCCE statement that both the Martin Liberals and the
Harper Conservatives support the CCCE initiative for a North American
structure that will serve the corporate agenda. . The CCCE paper states:
"While
2004 will bring elections in both Canada and the United States, political
interest in new approaches to North America crosses partisan boundaries.
Prime Minister Paul Martin has made clear his intention to reinvigorate
Canada's relationship with the United States as part of a broader strategy
for strengthening Canada's influence in the world. Stephen Harper, the new
leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, has called for a continental "strategic
partnership", one that would link freer flows of goods, services,
labour, capital and technology with improvements in continental security."
So
for all those strategists who urged people to vote Liberal to keep out the
Conservatives, and for those voters who complied, we now can realize the
stupidity in that approach. But most voters did not buy into that lie. In
2004 Canadians produced a minority government precisely because the voters
knew intuitively that something very rotten is transpiring.
The
report sets out five pillars for a comprehensive strategy:
"In
launching its North American Security and Prosperity Initiative (NASPI),
the CCCE suggested that a Canadian strategy for managing its future within
the continent should be based on five pillars: reinventing borders;
regulatory efficiency; resource security; the North American defence
alliance; and new institutions.
Over the past year,
there has been an explosion of research and discussion about options for
North America. The intensity of the discussion has been greatest in
Canada, but it has spread into both the United States and Mexico, across
academic, business and government circles. There is clearly much more to
be explored, tested and eventually negotiated, but the immense amount of
work done over the past year has established a meaningful foundation for
more detailed discussion of our options.
Based
on all of the work by the CCCE and by many others, this discussion paper
builds on the original framework of the CCCE's North American initiative,
suggests points of emerging consensus and puts forward 15 specific
recommendations. From here, the CCCE hopes to foster further dialogue on
the best options for Canada and on how best to move forward in building a
21st century Canada-United States partnership in North America.
ELEMENTS
OF A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY
Ever since September 11,
2001, there has been no question that the management of the Canada-United
States border must evolve. The two countries quickly agreed on the
30-point Smart Border action plan in late 2001, and much has been and
continues to be achieved under this umbrella. Our two countries have been
working closely, sharing information, developing and deploying new tools
for managing risk, expanding border infrastructure and experimenting with
new ways to speed the flows of low-risk goods and travellers while
improving security overall.
As the CCCE suggested in
launching its North American initiative, however, much more can and must
be done. The CCCE continues to believe that a comprehensive strategy must
encompass five pillars:
First, it must move beyond border
management to the true reinvention of North American borders.
Second,
efforts to smooth customs processing must be reinforced by a sweeping
effort to reduce the costs and delays at the border caused by regulatory
differences.
Third, and linked to regulatory issues, it must
address issues in the resource sector to ensure that trade flows respect
the twin principles of security of access and security of supply.
Fourth,
it must recognize that all of the progress Canada desires on the economic
front depends on a credible reinvigoration of the North American defence
alliance.
Fifth, it must consider the development of a range of
new institutions to manage the deepening of the Canada-United States
relationship
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These
suggestions of the CCCE are being implemented incrementally by our
government . Read the section on North American Defence carefully if you
had any doubts about the points raised in Part 1. of my paper respecting
Canada's complete integration with the US military agenda.
5.
The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America signed by Martin
(Canada) , Bush (USA) and Fox ( Mexico) in March 2005. This is the
political arm complying with its marching orders from the CCCE. Read this
url to get the full flavour of the power unfolding.
See:
http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news.asp?id=443
Security
and Prosperity Partnership of North America Established March 23, 2005
Waco, Texas
Below are highlights of the statement
made by the Leaders setting out the Security Agenda and Prosperity Agenda
and announcing the establishment of the Security and Prosperity
Partnership of North America (SPP) . The statement was released March
23,2005 at the conclusion of Prime Minister Paul Martin's meeting with
United States President George W. Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox
at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
SECURITY
AND PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP OF NORTH AMERICA
We, the
elected leaders of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, gather in Texas
to announce the establishment of the Security and Prosperity Partnership
of North America.
Over the past decade, our three
nations have taken important steps to expand economic opportunity for our
people and to create the most vibrant and dynamic trade relationship in
the world. Since September 11, 2001, we have also taken significant new
steps to address the threat of terrorism and to enhance the security of
our people.
But more needs to be done. ...
...
This work will be based on the principle that our security and prosperity
are mutually dependent and complementary...Also, it will help consolidate
our action into a North American framework to confront security and
economic challenges...
... The Partnership is
trilateral in concept; while allowing any two countries to move forward on
an issue, it will create a path for the third to join later.
Advancing
our Common Security
We will establish a common
approach to security to protect North America from external threats,
prevent and respond to threats within North America, and further
streamline the secure and efficient movement of legitimate, low-risk
traffic across our shared borders. As part of our efforts, we will:
* Implement common border security and bioprotection strategies;
* Enhance critical infrastructure protection, and implement a common
approach to emergency response;
* Implement
improvements in aviation and maritime security, combat transnational
threats, and enhance intelligence partnerships; and
* Implement a border facilitation strategy to build capacity and improve
the legitimate flow of people and cargo at our shared borders.
Advancing
our Common Prosperity...
.... regulatory cooperation
....sectoral collaboration in energy, transportation,
financial services, technology, and other areas to facilitate business;
and invest in our people;
....efficient movement of goods and
people; and.....
Next Steps
We
will establish Ministerial-led working groups that will consult with
stakeholders in our respective countries. These working groups will
respond to the priorities of our people ( I do not think the people are
the masses of citizens) and our businesses, and will set specific,
measurable, and achievable goals. They will identify concrete steps that
our governments can take to meet these goals, and set implementation dates
that will permit a rolling harvest of accomplishments.
Within
90 days, Ministers will report back to us with their initial report.
Following this, the groups will report on a semi-annual basis. Because the
Partnership will be an ongoing process of cooperation, new items will be
added to the work agenda by mutual agreement as circumstances warrant.
Through
this Partnership, we will ensure that North America remains the most
economically dynamic region of the world and a secure home for our people
in this and future generations.
SECURITY
AGENDA
... Canada, the United States, and Mexico will work
together to ensure the highest continent-wide security standards and
streamlined risk-based border processes are achieved in the following
priority areas:
Secure North America from External
Threats
• Develop and implement a North American
traveler security strategy, and a cargo security strategy for screening
prior to departure from a foreign port and at the first port of entry to
North America.
• Develop and implement a North
American bioprotection strategy to assess, prevent, protect, detect, and
respond to intentional, as well as applicable naturally occurring threats
to public health and the food and agriculture system.
Prevent
and Respond to Threats within North America
•
Develop and implement a strategy to enhance North American maritime
transportation and port security.
• Develop and
implement a strategy to establish equivalent approaches to aviation
security for North America.
• Develop and
implement a comprehensive North American strategy for combating
transnational threats to the United States, Canada, and Mexico, including
terrorism, organized crime, illegal drugs, migrant and contraband
smuggling and trafficking.
• Enhance
partnerships on intelligence related to North American security.
•
Develop and implement a common approach to critical infrastructure
protection, and response to cross-border terrorist incidents and, as
applicable, natural disasters.
Further
Streamline the Secure Movement of Low-risk Traffic across our Shared
Borders
...... a border facilitation strategy to build capacity
and improve the legitimate flow of people and cargo at ports of entry
within North America.
.....new technologies to advance our
shared security goals and promote the legitimate flow of people and goods
across our borders.
PROSPERITY AGENDA
•
Regulatory Cooperation .....compatibility of regulations and standards and
eliminating redundant testing and certification
requirements.....Strengthen regulatory cooperation, including at the onset
of the regulatory process, to minimize barriers.
.......greater
cooperation in sectors such as autos, steel, and other sectors identified
through consultations.
......increase reliable energy
supplies for the region's needs and development, by facilitating
investment in energy infrastructure, technology improvements, production
and reliable delivery of energy; ..... to streamline and update
regulations; ....promoting energy efficiency, conservation, and
technologies such as clean coal, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and
renewable energy.
.... North America's transportation
system by expanding market access, facilitating multimodal corridors,
reducing congestion, and alleviating bottlenecks at the border that
inhibit growth and threaten our quality of life (e.g., expand air services
agreements, increase airspace capacity, initiate an Aviation Safety
Agreement process, pursue smart border information technology initiatives,
ensure compatibility of regulations and standards in areas such as
statistics, motor carrier and rail safety, and working with responsible
jurisdictions, develop mechanisms for enhanced road infrastructure
planning, including an inventory of border transportation infrastructure
in major corridors and public-private financing instruments for border
projects).
...... freer flow of capital and the
efficient provision of financial services throughout North America (e.g.,
facilitate cross-border electronic access to stock exchanges ... further
collaboration on training programs for bank, insurance and securities
regulators and supervisors.....improve convenience and cost of insurance
coverage for carriers engaged in cross border commerce.
....
cross-border technology trade ... preventing unnecessary barriers from
being erected (e.g., agree on mutual recognition of technical requirements
for telecommunications equipment, tests and certification; adopt a
framework of common principles for e-commerce).
....
Lower the transaction costs of trade in goods by liberalizing the
requirements for obtaining duty-free treatment under NAFTA, including
through the reduction of rules of origin costs on goods traded between our
countries. ...
....rationalizing minor differences in
external tariffs, consistent with multilateral negotiation strategies.
.....
facilitate further the movement of business persons within North America
and discuss ways to reduce taxes and other charges residents face when
returning from other North American countries.
........................................................................................................................
Enhance
public health cross-border coordination in infectious diseases
surveillance, prevention and control (e.g., pandemic influenza).
...............................................
-.....
Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of
Pharmaceuticals for Human Use....identification and adoption of best
practices relating to the registration of medicinal products.
See
also http://www.spp.gov/
6. The 40 point
Smart Regulation Action Plan - announced March 24, 2005 at a Newsmaker
Breakfast at the National Press Club. (Globe and Mail March 21).
See:
www.regulation.gc.ca
And:
http://www.regulation.gc.ca/default.asp?Page=report&language=E&doc=rap16_e.htm
This
plan introduces huge changes to Canada's regulatory system. This plan is
the result of another corporate "task force". The plan will make
it easier and faster for corporations to get approval for new drugs,
complete environmental assessments, and the like. On March 21, the Globe
and Mail stated that one of the initiatives is:"A
paperwork-burden-reduction task force with the private sector to reduce
the obligations for business to comply with regulations at all levels of
government"
The Smart Regulation Plan will "harmonize"
Canadian regulations with U.S. regulations,i.e., make Canadian regulations
the same as U.S. regulations, which means more deregulation and fewer
protections for consumers. Canada often has very different regulations
from the U.S in terms of things like safety and environment. For example,
Bush's U.S. refused to sign on to Kyoto, and has instituted environmental
regulations that many U.S. citizens believe are a step backward for the
U.S., and harmful to the environment.(see www.bushgreenwatch.org)
It
has been impossible to find an actual list of the 40 points referred to in
various media reports. However, there are many references to the smart
regulations in the various urls presented in this Part 2..
7.
The Report of Ministers to the Leaders -SPP- North America June 2005
This
is an important url to read.: http://www.fac-aec.gc.ca/SPP-report.PDF
It
is signed by three ministers from each of Canada USA and Mexico. For
Canada they are : Anne McLellan, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; David Emerson, Minister of
Industry; and Pierre Pettigrew, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
They begin their report by saying that the leaders on March 23, 2005 asked
their Ministers to create an architecture to enhance the security of North
America and this report is a response to that request.
Read
this and you will be left with no doubt that these Ministers and the
Leaders are complying in spades to the demands of the CCCE. They are in
fact creating regime changes in all three countries with the corporation
giving the orders. They are in fact dismantling the constitutional
structures of the three countries.
The report of the
CCCE referred to in number 4 of this part talks of the need for involving
the other levels of government, provincial, state and municipal to fully
effect the plan. Reference is made to meetings with these other levels of
government. This fact has a profoundly serious implications: the other
levels of government are complicit in the violation of the constitutional
rights and entitlements of the citizens as the constitutional structures
of the respective countries are being dismantled.
Canada
has a very clear division of powers between the federal government and the
provincial governments. The division is of watertight compartments.. Not
one of the provinces is complaining about the restructuring of this
relationship, the emasculation of their sovereign power, nor of unelected,
unaccountable chief executive officers dictating what the provinces are to
do.
The municipalities are creatures of the
Provinces. Not one municipality is making any objection to the
emasculation of their powers.
The constitution of
Canada does not belong to the legislatures or to Parliament. It belongs to
the citizens. So said our Supreme Court of Canada. These parliamentarians
and legislators have no right to do what they are doing. But they are
arrogant, and they do not care. Our system has become rotten to the core.
Our federal government is in process of reviewing
our anti-terrorist legislation. It has not been easy to ascertain just
where they are at in the process. The Canadian Action Party is taking
steps to try to make presentation to that process.
The
Canadian federal government has indicated it is bringing forward
legislation imminently to allow security forces to spy on citizen use of
the internet, on e mail , and on cell phones. It has been impossible for
the Canadian Action Party to obtain the draft legislation.
The
US government on October 13, 2005 published its order made in August 2005
which greatly increased the scope of legislation regarding the electronic
monitoring of telecommunications providers. The order extends the
legislation to cover broadband internet access services, including
wireless and voice -over -IP (VolP) Internet Telephony services.
Universities are required to comply. (See: http://www.lifeboatnews.com
Mike Ingram 26 October 2005 "Order Broadens Surveillance of Internet
Users"
Introduction
Part
I: The North American Union
Part
III: The Effect of All the Bad Law, Some History, and What To Do