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Students trained in "sense of belonging to North America"

Steve Watson / Infowars.net | May 27, 2008

A simulation of a North American Parliament, designed to "develop the participants’ sense of belonging to North America" and "and promote the creation of North American academia networks" is currently taking place in Montreal.

100 selected students from universities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico have been selected to take on the roles of Legislators, Journalists and Lobbyists, in the fourth annual Triumvirate of the North American Forum on Integration.

The meeting represents another example of an overarching movement on behalf of globalist business leaders and politicians to merge the three nations of North America into an EU like federation.

Participants at the Triumvirate discuss draft bills on issues such as trade corridors, immigration, NAFTA’s Chapter 11 and renewable energy.

While the meeting is billed as an exercise to debate these areas of policy, there is no simulated opposition to the overall agenda and the documents provided to participants represent little more than essays debunking opponents of NAFTA, attacking traders who do not adhere to a North American union model, presenting methods of control such as the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative which considers biometric RFID cards for border crossings, and promoting the agenda of NAFI itself which it makes clear is to forge North American integration.

The Triumvirate also has its own Constitution and Participant’s handbook which calls for the creation of a "Trilateral Legislative Commission" and even outlines the need for more "secret meetings" (pg20-21) in the vain of the controversial Security and Prosperity Partnership.

"Legislators" are set the task of "representing a country other than their own" in a parliament at the federal level or at the state/provincial level. While "lobbyists" must ensure that the interests of their organization (assigned to them by NAFI) are upheld in drafted resolutions.

The Triumvirate even has its own mock newspaper, operated by the students playing the roles of journalists. According to NAFI, the TrilatHerald, "covers the developments and evolution of the debates, the press conferences, and interviews with conference speakers, legislators and lobbyists."

This highlights the importance the architects of the North American union agenda place upon the role of the media. Public perception is key, reporting on the movement must be strictly framed to project a positive image and this is why the role of journalists is placed on a par with that of legislators and lobbyists by the organizers.

The main objectives of the Triumvirate are listed as:

* To bring future Canadian, American and Mexican leaders together in order to experience and take part in an international negotiation exercise.
* To allow participants to familiarize themselves with the functioning of democratic institutions as well as North American political, economic, environmental and social realities.
* To develop the participants’ sense of belonging to North America.
* To increase intercultural exchanges and promote the creation of North American academia networks.
* To inform the current decision makers of the priorities and concerns of North American youth.

Speakers at the meeting this year include Former Premier of Québec, Pierre Marc Johnson, Leader of the Bloc Québécois Gilles Duceppe, Dr. Ruby Dhalla Member of Parliament (Liberal Party) Member of the Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group, and Jack Layton, Leader of the New Democratic Party.

The universities taking part this year include The State University of New York, Brigham Young University, University of Texas at Dallas, Universidad de Monterrey, Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México, University of Alberta, Arizona State University, Centre d’Études et de Recherche Internationales de l’Université de Montréal (CÉRIUM), University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Cincinnati.




According to their website, NAFI “aims to address the issues raised by North American integration as well as identify new ideas and strategies to reinforce the North American region,â€