Thread: Task Force Report on SPP MUST READ

This is long, but very worthwhile

Report of an Independent Task Force, Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations with the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and the Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales, May 2005. (70-page pdf) List of Task Force members on page 9 and information on page 40.

http://www.cfr.org/content/publications ... _final.pdf

clicked on your link and came up URL Not Found.

As soon as Americans find out about it, they'll pull the website.

Should be there.

http://www.cfr.org/content/publications ... _final.pdf

http://www.cfr.org/publication/8102/

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?ti ... am_F._Weld

I especially like this part......


Increase Labor Mobility within North America

People are North America’s greatest asset. Goods and services cross
borders easily; ensuring the legal transit of North American workers

has been more difficult. Experience with the NAFTA visa system
suggests that its procedures need to be simplified, and such visas should
be made available to a wider range of occupations and to additional
categories of individuals such as students, professors, bona fide frequent
visitors, and retirees.

To make the most of the impressive pool of skill and talent within
North America, the three countries should look beyond the NAFTA
visa system. The large volume of undocumentedmigrants fromMexico
within the United States is an urgent matter for those two countries
to address. A long-term goal should be to create a ‘‘North American
preference’’—new rules that would make it much easier for employees
to move and for employers to recruit across national boundaries within
the continent. This would enhance North American competitiveness,
increase productivity, contribute to Mexico’s development, and address
oneof the main outstanding issues ontheMexican-U.S. bilateral agenda.

Canada and the United States should consider eliminating restrictions
on labor mobility altogether and work toward solutions that, in the
long run, could enable the extension of full labor mobility to Mexico
as well.


And...

Move to full labor mobility between Canada and the United
States.
To make companies based in North America as competitive
as possible in the global economy, Canada and the United States
should consider eliminating all remaining barriers to the ability of
their citizens to live and work in the other country. This free flow
of people would offer an important advantage to employers in both countries by giving them rapid access to a larger pool of skilled labor, and would enhance the well-being of individuals in both countries by enabling them to move quickly to where their skills are needed. In the long term, the two countries should work to extend this policy to Mexico as well, though doing so will not be practical until wage differentials between Mexico and its two North American neighbors have diminished considerably.

You can bet they've got that "labor movement" covered. It's called DO NOTHING AT THE BORDERS....we know what that is....we see it Every Single Day.

Hey...I'm going to cross link this to the other thread so no one misses it.

http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=F ... ic&t=41452

Tom Tancredo Letter to Department of Commerce thread requesting FULL DISCLOSURE about SPP (Security and Prosperity Poop ... oops ... I mean Partnership).

We need Congressional Hearings on this Poop...NOW.

...and would enhance the well-being of individuals in both countries...

What kind of drugs are these people taking? Only Mexico would benefit.

Do you suppose this was discussed with Congress before Bush
agreed to this.
I have so many doubts about this Administration and how they do things.
How do they think the American people will feel about being part of
this three country Community.

You are right Kate...Mexico stands to gain a great deal.

Kate wrote;

Only Mexico would benefit.

Yep, and the paragraph below says it all. Notice how this suggests that we should eliminate the border between Canada and the US? The actual intent is to open up Canada to low wage Mexican workers. Notice also how there would be no northward flow of people allowed into Mexico until we are ALL eaning wages which have been reduced to the lowest common denominator?

To make companies based in North America as competitive
as possible in the global economy, Canada and the United States
should consider eliminating all remaining barriers to the ability of
their citizens to live and work in the other country. This free flow
of people would offer an important advantage to employers in both countries by giving them rapid access to a larger pool of skilled labor, and would enhance the well-being of individuals in both countries by enabling them to move quickly to where their skills are needed. In the long term, the two countries should work to extend this policy to Mexico as well, though doing so will not be practical until wage differentials between Mexico and its two North American neighbors have diminished considerably.

Meanwhile, by restricting Americans and Canadians access to Mexico, Mexicans will enjoy dual citizenship which allows them to continue buying homes and businesses there on the cheap. A total win/win for Mexico indeed.

It's obvious that the bottom line to the NAU is greed and furthering the agenda of the rich and powerful, and allowing corporations to make more $.

If the intention was to improve the economy and living conditions of people in Mexico, I'd say that that is certainly desirable. THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT OPENING UP OUR BORDERS AND ALLOWING FREE MIGRATION ACROSS THE CONTINENT! Mexico could raise its standard of living through development, more taxation of the wealthy, cleaning up their corruption, etc. But, the real goal, disguised by all the talk about the need for security and prosperity, is to erase our borders so that corporations can permanently reduce the wage structure here in the US.

What I find astonishing is that there is no discussion of realities on the ground, such whether the peoples of these 3 countries want such a thing to occur, how this would affect the average person, how the criminality and corruption of a Third World government could possibly mesh with two First World countries. The arrogance of this is mind-boggling.... that none of these monsters even considers any of this.