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Security and Prosperity

Partnership

Security and Prosperity

Partnership

Security and Prosperity

Partnership

WAKE UPWAKE UP

CANADA!

WAKE UP

CANADA!Find out why wemust stop the SPP!

high-levelgovernment andcorporate types,

and they're up tono good!!

Bush

Chevron

Ford Motor

General Electric

FedEx

Bell Canada

Power Corp

Suncor Energy

CN Railway

Manulife Financial

CaldernHarper

Lockheed Martin

hey,who are all

those powerful

lookingbigwigs?

high-levelgovernment andcorporate Dudes,

and they're up tono good!!

They're busy changingcanada to increase

corporate profits Andthey're doing it allbehind

closed doors.

They pushedthrough Bad tradeand investment

deals likenafta.Now they've got

a new trick uptheir sleeve.

No public,no media.step awayfrom the

doornow!

they're calling i

the "securityand prosperitpartnership"

sppfor shor

Hey, let gyou goo

well, security is goodand so is prosperity.

Im sure theyre lookingout for the best

interests of usall.

letsjust letthem do

theirthing.

whoa!! waita minute!!

not so

fast!!

okay, you gotme. tell me morabout this spp

thing.

cmon, lets go! we dont have much timevery time those characters meet our

country slips further and furtheraway from us!!

What's at

stake?

Who's

callingthe shots?

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The Security and Prosperity Partnership is an informal agreement among

the three countries of North America (the United States, Canada and

Mexico) to work in close cooperation to:

To accomplish these goals, government and business leaders say they are

working together to exempt goods and business people from red tape

and border delays. Meanwhile, the rest of us face increased surveillance,

restrictions on travel, racial profiling and invasive security checks. Is this ademocratic model?

Most people havent heard much about the SPP,

and thats no mistake.

In fact, the architects of the SPP dont want

Parliament involved. Why? Because they dontwant democratic debate getting in the way of their

plans, so theyve found ways to avoid Parliament!

Why the big secret?

Goodquestion!

but Arentpoliticians

supposed todebate importantchanges like thisin Parliament?

Whats the SPP?NAFTA meets U.S. Homeland Security

Boy, Thissounds likesomething

that should bediscussed withall Canadians.Why are they

keeping itfrom us?

they rememberthe fights against freetrade and globalization,and they dont want to

go through thatagain.

September, 2006 Reporters uncover a secret, high-levelmeeting in Banff, Alberta, attended by some very powerfubusiness, government and military higher-ups from Canathe U.S. and Mexico. Even after submittingAccess to InformRequests, we still dont know what our government was dointhere. They say the meetings were private, not secret.

March, 2006 Prime Minister Stephen Harper (only too hato pick up where Paul Martin left off) meets with Bush and FoCancn, Mexico. They call together a group of top CEOs North Americas most powerful corporations, forming the NoAmerican Competitiveness Council. The NACC providespoliticians with on-going direction.

A short history of the SPP

March, 2005 Prime MinisterPaul Martin meets with U.S.President George W. Bush andMexican President Vicente Fox inWaco, Texas. They announcethe formation of the Security and

Prosperity Partnership.

August, 2007 Harperand new Mexican presidFelipe Caldern meet inMontebello, Quebec

agree to dramatically strecorporate rights in four kwithout democratic discu

were proud announce the surand petroleum par

uh, george,its supposed tobe Security and

prosperity

Im real happy to bemakin good progress on thespp with my two new amigos,

steve and felipe.

September 11, 2001 The tragedy of 9/11 opens thedoor to link trade with security.

Security

Prosperity

ut protesting, Tom dAquinohe Canadian Council ofef Executives said:

...I dontdo that becausecivilized humanbeings thosewho believe in

democracy

dont dothat.

hat they said in Montebellohat they said in Montebello

Meanwhile, threedays after unionleaders unmasked

them, Quebec policewere forced to admit

that some of theprotesters arrested inMontebello were really

police agents with

rocks infiltrating thecrowd!

1

2Ensure an uninterruptedflow of goods withinNorth America andguarantee energysupplies for the U.S.

Create an integrated,

secure perimeteraround North America

NO

SPP

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whos got theweakest labourregulations?

we do, for sure.

okay, letsuse yours

These are the rich andpowerful CEOs of NorthAmericas biggestcorporations. They areadvising the govern-ments on what changesare needed and evenwriting new agreementsinto the SPP.

MembersofParliament

lockedout!

Organizations

advocatingforwor

women,indigenou

peoples,students

racializedgroups,

incomepeople,fa

theenvironment,

healthcare,etc.

lockedout!

Themedialockedo

These are the civilservants from thethree governmentsworking in smallgroups, each onetasked with lookingat a different area.

These are thenational leaders,cabinet ministers,bureaucrats andmilitary advisers.

Therestofu

lockedou

Afterthebreak,ParisHiltonisbackinthenews.Wellhaveafullreport...

TheMedia

ThePeoplesofCanada

Civilsocietygroups

Parliament

Whos in

the SPP... ...and whos

locked out.

...and whos

locked out.

Their sneaky strategy: harmonize regulationsoh, theyre clever,thats how.

So how can theymake such bigchanges withoutParliamentor theCanadianpublicknowingabout it?

Lets lookand see whos

in there

So,whoexactly is doing

this? I mean,whohas the power to makefundamental changes

to ourcountrywithout discussing

it with us?!

Going titsalreaffectingTake a lo

The people behind the SPP are making big changes. But instead of changing laws,

they are changing regulations. How? By harmonizing Canadas regulationswith those of the United States thats how they get around Parliament. Why

is this a problem? Because in most cases it means Canada will now be doing

things the U.S. way, whether thats good for us or not. In most cases it will meantougher, stricter regulations for ordinary people and looser, weaker regulations for

business, designed by and for themselves. The result? Higher profits for companiesat the expense of peoples rights and protections!

Heres an example from the airline industry:

Canada is under pressure to lower its standard

of one flight attendant for every 40 airline

passengers and accept the U.S. rule of one for

every 50 seats. These changes will benefit the

bottom line but will put public safety at risk!

Canadian unions are strongly fighting to stop

this measure from going ahead.

how Else isAll this goingto affect us?

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Another North Americais possible! Help build it by:

anadian Labour Congress www.canadianlabour.ca

strated & designed by Tony Biddle, www.perfectworldproductions.comsed on CLC research and analysis.

007, Canadian Labour Congress

The SPP is already affecting Canada!

SECURITYagenda

ImFreezing.

And ImThirsty. what

country are wein, anyway?

loosening environmental

regulations, faster approval

of licenses for pipelinedevelopment and a five-fold

increase in the export of raw

bitumen to be processed in

the U.S.

rapidly developing the tar sands

in response to U.S. demand helps

drive up the value of the Canadian

dollar which affects Canadian

manufacturing jobs

the threat of bulk water exports to

the United States

our regulations being viewed as barriers to

business and trade instead of rules necessary

to protect the public good

rising levels of pesticide residue on our fruits

and vegetables

less public oversight in the approval of new drugs and

food safety, and more U.S. corporate control of Canadian

TV and radio

our public services and institutions being undermined

in favour of public-private partnerships and privatization

migrant workers being forced to work under dangerous

conditions for low pay, abuse and no access to

citizenship rights

our energy and water resources

seen as fundamental to U.S.

national security

our police and immigration data

bases are shared with U.S.

security forces

a Canadian no-fly list and risk

profile for every traveller and

transportation worker, along with

increased racial profiling

new pandemic plan integrates our

public services and security forces

with those in the US and Mexico

increasing infrastructurefor mass surveillence of the

population using iris and digital

face scans and fingerprints.

Risk management means that

everyone is considered a potential

threat

our public health care system

treated as the infrastructure for

emergency preparedness

corporate executives take part in

decisions about surveillance, the

protection of critical infrastructure

and emergency planning

Thisis

thefuture

ofNorth

America

Finding out more about the Securityand Prosperity Partnership

Find your MP at: www.parl.gc.ca

Contacting Prime Minister Harper and MPs directlyand tell them to stop the SPP immediately until it isdiscussed honestly and openly with Canadianswww.canadianlabour.ca

www.canadians.orgwww.policyalternatives.cawww.commonfrontiers.cawww.rqic.alternatives.cawww.polarisinstitute.org

Prime Minister Harper:Phone: 613-992-4211 / Fax: 613-941-6900EMail: Harper.S@parl.gc.ca

PROSPERITYagenda

While police fired tear gas and pespray at protestors in Montebello,Prime Minister StephenHarper ridiculed thedemonstrators, saying:

Does thestandardization

of Jelly beans posea threat to our

sovereignty?

Working with citizens groups in the U.S. andMexico to defend all three of our countries fromcorporate domination of our governments andinstitutions.

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Barb Byers, Executive Vice President, CLCMontebello, August 2007

Defending the Canada we have built overthe years with quality public health careand education, good jobs and a strongsocial safety net.

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Working people across this country knowSPP is not about security and prosperity forIts about the corporate class being able to

a stranglehold on this country.

What he said in MontebWhat he said in Monte

Andtheres

time tlose. Themoving

fast

The SPP is anti-anti-democratic!!democratic!! we allneed to stand upand saySTOP THE

SPP NOW!!