Thread: North American Union Advances with New Declaration

Wednesday, February 9, 2011
North American Union Advances with New Declaration

By Jerome R. Corsi
WorldNetDaily

Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper quietly have taken a major step toward erasing the border between the two nations with a new "Beyond the Border" bilateral declaration.

In a ceremony designed to remain below the radar of national public opinion, Obama and Harper bypassed Congress to sign on the basis of their executive authority a declaration that put in place a new national security vision defined not by U.S. national borders, but by a continental view of a "North American perimeter."

It happened Friday, the day the Obama administration usually pushes through issues that it prefers the media ignore.

By signing the declaration, the Obama administration has implemented without congressional approval a key initiative President Bush began under the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, moving the United States and Canada beyond the North American Free Trade Agreement, commonly known as NAFTA, toward a developing North American Union regional government.

The declaration signed by the two heads of state and titled "Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness," was described as "For Immediate Release" on the websites of the White House and the Canadian chief executive.

Declaration by President Obama and Prime Minister Harper of Canada - Beyond the Border
Beyond the Border:A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-off ... eyond-bord

A declaration by the Prime Minister of Canada and the President of the United States of America
4 February 2011
Washington, D.C.
http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=3938

Harper followed Obama's lead in signing the declaration as a form of executive order, deciding to bypass the Canadian parliament, much as Obama had decided against taking a proposed bilateral "Beyond the Border" declaration to Congress for prior review and approval.

Stealth Implementation of a 'Continental Perimeter'

"To preserve and extend the benefits … our close relationship has helped bring to Americans and Canadians alike, we intend to pursue a perimeter approach to security, working together within, at, and away from the borders of our two countries to enhance our security and accelerate the legitimate flow of people, goods, and services between our two countries," the declaration announced in the preamble.

The decision to declare a continental perimeter for the United States and Canada, designed to effectively combine the two nations in mutual national security and economic efforts, affirms the Obama administration's intent to implement the key objectives of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North American in a way that avoids the type of public scrutiny and criticism that dogged President George W. Bush after he openly declared his plans with the SPP.

The Obama and Harper administrations' use of a low-key methodology to pursue continental political integration was further confirmed last week in Canada by the Toronto Star. The paper disclosed a 14-page confidential public relations document circulated within the Canadian government that recommended the talks between Obama and Harper keep "a low profile" in the months leading to last Friday's signing of the bilateral declaration.

Canada kept U.S. border talks under wraps: document

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/arti ... ument?bn=1
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/arti ... ument?bn=1

WND has reported since 2006 that a blueprint published in 2005 by the Council on Foreign Relations titled "Building a North America Community" called for the establishment of a common security perimeter around North America by 2010 to facilitate the free movement of people, trade and capital between the three nations of North America.

American University's Robert Pastor, co-chair of the CRF blue ribbon committee that authored "Building a North American Community," wrote in 2001 the book "Toward a North American Community."

He called for creation of a North American Commission, a North American Parliament and a North American Court on Trade and Investment.

The language of the "Beyond the Border Declaration" easily could have been taken almost verbatim from the CFR report or Pastor's book.

The 2005 CFR report "Building a North American Community," called on page xvii of the foreword for the "establishment by 2010 of a North American economic and security perimeter, the boundaries of which would be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter."

The U.S.-Canadian 'Beyond the Border Working Group'

The Beyond the Border Declaration signed by Obama and Harper also created a new Beyond the Border Working Group, designated by the acronym BBWG, composed of representatives from "the appropriate departments and offices of our respective federal governments." The BBWG is tasked with developing a "Plan of Action" to realize the goals of the declaration and to report annually to the "Leaders," the president of the United States and the prime minister of Canada.

The declaration focused on four areas of joint U.S.-Canadian bilateral action, supposedly the content areas of the BBWG action plan:

•The joint early assessment and management of security threats "including natural disasters and man-made disasters, including terrorism";
•The joint facilitation of trade, economic growth and jobs, "including expanding trusted traveler and trusted trader programs, harmonizing existing programs, and automating processes at the land border to increase efficiency";
•Integrated U.S.-Canadian cross-border law enforcement to combat transnational crime; and
•Coordinated U.S.-Canadian efforts to develop critical infrastructure and provide cyber-security, working together "to defend and protect our use of air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace, and enhance the security of our integrated transportation and communications networks."
Under the Bush administration's Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America, or SPP, the U.S., Mexico and Canada organized some 20 different "shadow government" bureaucratic working groups composed of agency heads and undersecretaries in the three nations. The groups span a wide range of policy areas, from e-commerce, to aviation policy, to borders and immigration, trilateral travel, transportation, energy, environment, food and agriculture, health, and financial services.

The creation of the Beyond the Border Working Group strongly suggests that U.S-Canadian bureaucratic integration begun by Bush within SPP is proceeding under the Obama administration, even though the SPP officially has been replaced by a new trilateral structure that includes Mexico called "The North American Leaders Forum."

SPP Goes Underground with Obama

WND previously reported that the Obama administration replaced the content of the SPP website, spp.gov, under the title "Commerce Connect," which announces its purpose as "a one-stop shop for information, counseling and government services that can help U.S. businesses around the country transform themselves into globally competitive enterprises."

Now, the Obama administration has made the spp.gov website totally inoperative.

WND reported in September 2009 that the Obama administration has "rebranded" and "refocused" the SPP to advance the Bush administration's agenda of North American integration under the rubric of the "North American Leaders Summit," a less controversial banner, according to confidential sources in the U.S. Department of Commerce and State Department who agreed to speak with WND only if their names were kept off the record.

In September 2009, sources confirmed to WND that the SPP was being directed from within the White House, as reflected by a new blog posted on the White House website entitled "The North American Leaders Summit" that is intended to replace spp.gov as the official website documenting trilateral government activities going forward under the rebranded name.

Currently, the White House blog for the North American Leaders Summit contains content that appears not to have changed since the site first appeared, sometime around September 2009.

Only the Canadian government website today continues to archive the security agenda, the prosperity agenda, trilateral meeting summaries going back to 2007, and key SPP reports and documents – all content that has been scrubbed from current U.S. government websites.

Obama Advances the North American Union Agenda

WND frequently has reported, beginning in 2006, that critics have charged the SPP was intended to implement a plan to produce a North American Union, or NAU, composed of the United States, Mexico and Canada.

The SPP in the administration of President George W. Bush appeared designed to replicate the steps taken in Europe over a 50-year period following the end of World War II to transform an economic agreement under the European Common Market into a full-fledged regional government, operating as the European Union, with its own currency, the euro, functioning as the sole legitimate currency in what has become known as "the eurozone."

The concern under the SPP has been that the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, could be evolved into a regional government, the North American Union, with a regional currency, the amero, designed to replace the U.S. dollar, the Mexican peso and the Canadian dollar.

WND repeatedly had reported that the North American integration plan likely would proceed incrementally under the Obama administration, largely below the radar, even after the SPP was declared "dead" by one of its chief architects, Pastor.

WND documented that on Nov. 30, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano signed a "Trusted Traveler" agreement with Mexico, thereby implementing a primary objective of the SPP Transportation Policy working group under President Bush. The agreement opens the U.S. border to approximately 84 million Mexican citizens by issuing biometric "Trusted Traveler" cards that Mexicans entering the U.S. can swipe through ATM-like "Global Entry" kiosks at some 20 international airports in the United States.

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/trusted_traveler/

WND also reported that the U.S. State Department is moving to expand the definition of a "North American perimeter" to define a continental border around the United States that would include Mexico as well as Canada.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=240045

The relevant document with Mexico is a March 23 State Department memo titled "United States-Mexico Partnership: A New Border Vision." That document appears to be a companion document to the "Beyond the Border" declaration signed by Obama with Harper on Feb. 4.

United States-Mexico Partnership: A New Border Vision
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC

March 23, 2010

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/03/138926.htm

http://www.bibleprophecyblog.com/2011/0 ... h-new.html

Now, the Obama administration has made the spp.gov website totally inoperative.

I recall Congress taking away Bush's power to make these types of agreements because of the threat of NAU.

The Legislation stopped Bush from making any treaty's etc. without Congresses approval but I don't remember the name or Bill No.

Anyone else remember this ? I mention his because I think King Obama just broke our laws...what else is new ?

If ANY Canadian ... ANY ... crosses that border and points one gun at ANY American .. for ANY Reason

I don't care who signed what

It will be on like Donkey Kong ...

American people have had enough of this gooney goo goo stuff from all of these Globalists

I'm tell'n ya... people will snap crackle and pop and Harper doesn't have a clue what he has put on Canada's back

I'm just say'n .. what Bush Did had the American Peoples hair standing up in anger

I can see it escalating real quick /real easy and Canada getting sucked into something they really don't want no part off

When Obama falls he is going to fall very far very fast, and all the UN horses and all the UN men, couldn't put this traitor back together again!

Originally Posted by stevetheroofer

When Obama falls he is going to fall very far very fast, and all the UN horses and all the UN men, couldn't put this traitor back together again!

Like it Roofer!

This is promising: We recognize the sovereign right of each country to act independently in its own interest and in accordance with its laws.


http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-off ... eyond-bord


The extensive mobility of people, goods, capital, and information between our two countries has helped ensure that our societies remain open, democratic, and prosperous.


I guess the Democratic part means we can still vote, eventhough we don't always get what we want.

Originally Posted by JohnnyYuma

This is promising: We recognize the sovereign right of each country to act independently in its own interest and in accordance with its laws.


http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-off ... eyond-bord


The extensive mobility of people, goods, capital, and information between our two countries has helped ensure that our societies remain open, democratic, and prosperous.


This talks about Canada and the US only - Mexico is not mentioned in the article you cite.


I guess the Democratic part means we can still vote, eventhough we don't always get what we want.

Originally Posted by JohnnyYuma

I guess the Democratic part means we can still vote, eventhough we don't always get what we want.

Sadly the powers that be choose who we get to vote for. The two party system is corrupt IMO. Hopefully the Tea Party can change things.