Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America
The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America(read:George & Vincente's Open Border Plan)
This might be old news, but I'm sure many people don't know much about this collaberation between the U.S., Mexico & Canada.
You can see the official SPPNA website here
President Bush, President Fox, and Prime Minister Martin released a joint press statement. I got this from the Mexidata website. The joint statement begins:
“We, the elected leaders of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, have met in Texas to announce the establishment of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America.”
A couple of interesting points from the plan:
• Implement common border security
To be true, this should read: common lax border security, or maybe it means the U.S. border patrol is legally able to share information with the Mexican government about the location of the Minutemen - the only Americans who seem to care about enforcing border laws.
• Reduce the costs of trade through the efficient movement of goods and people
Do I have to even say anything about this? I think the movement of people over the border is efficient enough already.
The White House web site White House website also had a statement. It reads: “Canada and the United States are two great nations bound by a common commitment to protect our citizens, and promote democracy, human rights, prosperity, economic opportunity and the quality of life.
Over the past decade, Canada and the United States, in conjunction with Mexico...Today, Canada and the United States commit to deepening our cooperation in North America and in the world. We will both work bilaterally to address Canada-U.S. priorities and continue our close cooperation with Mexico on issues of trilateral importance.”
Am I the only one noticing the difference in the two statements? The White House website conveniently leaves out or plays down the role of Mexico in the three way partnership.
posted by Rebecca @ 5/09/2006 09:34:00 PM
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