Confirmed: The SPP is a plan by and for the corporate masters
See short update, below.
Thanks for passing this nugget along, Larry! Not only is it a non-democratic document created in secrecy but it is now confirmed to be created and implemented for business, which we all knew, anyway. But still, it’s nice to have that validation, innit?
CLC/CTC > It’s time to move from candid admission to a people’s agenda
April 23, 2008All cosmetic gloss of democracy vanished at the New Orleans Summit when the president of Mexico most candidly summarized his day by saying: “This morning, the Business Leaders gave us a specific agenda to follow . . . We are here to support them through.” [emphasis mine]
If anyone out there still had doubts about the true nature of the Security Prosperity Partnership (SPP), this honest confession sets the record straight. The Prime Minister of Canada, the President of the United States and the President of Mexico take their orders from big business. The results: the well-being of working families in our three countries and Canadian control of Canada’s petroleum resources, are on the chopping block. Harper, Bush and Calderón are business’ agents.
UPDATE: Those who need to learn a bit more about the SPP ought to take a look at Creekside, where Alison, the Goddess of Opposition to the SPP, has posted repeatedly about its failings.
The Joint Statement by the leaders is here: and the juicy piece, from which the above is taken, is here.
SPP is the international version of North American politics. Nothing new, really.
Comment by Eric — April 24, 2008 @ 12:58 am
Good catch, Berlynn.
Eric : I disagree.
The privatization of public policy-making and the dismantling of 50 years of social justice legislation merely for the benefit of a few multinational corps is indeed quite new.
Comment by Alison — April 24, 2008 @ 2:03 am
Hopefully all the opposition parties will speak out loudly about these secret negotiations done behind closed doors with big business. Hopefully the official oppostion - Dion - does. Oh wait, they’are all for it.
Comment by janfromthebruce — April 24, 2008 @ 11:30 am
The major media will not touch this with a 100ft pole. Getting this word out will be strictly viral and internet. So we need to step up and get this done.
Comment by Cash Guy — April 24, 2008 @ 3:57 pm
Thanks for making my point, janfromthebruce
Comment by Eric — April 25, 2008 @ 12:03 am
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Authoritarian Logic: “If we have to devastate the planet and kill billions to line our pockets, that’s a small price to pay.”
Comment by Colleen Pridemore — April 25, 2008 @ 11:09 am