While our eyes were on Egypt, another big event took place on February 4th.
It looks like America and Canada have merged. In a Lisbon Treaty-esque move, both countries have interfered with their constitutions but little of this historic signing made it to the MSM. On its face, it looks like a simple trade agreement, but we have heard that story before, haven't we children?
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The United States announcement of this “merger” between these two North American Nations was made February 4th by a posting on the WhiteHouse.Gov website of President Obama and which, in part, says
“Today, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper have directed the creation of a United States-Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC), composed of senior regulatory, trade, and foreign affairs officials from both governments. In recognition of our $1 trillion annual trade and investment relationship, the RCC has a two-year mandate to work together to promote economic growth, job creation, and benefits to our consumers and businesses through increased regulatory transparency and coordination. They have directed that the first meeting of the RCC be convened within 90 days by the relevant agencies in the United States and Canada.”
Concealed in the “diplo-speak” wording of this historic agreement, however, is the complete overturning of the sovereignty of both the American and Canadian peoples laws and regulations they have lived under for centuries, but which will now be “melded” together with no votes allowed by either of them ever again. The shock and uproar in Canada over their Prime Minister, Steven Harper, signing away their sovereignty to the United States is unprecedented, but the same cannot be said of the American people who, according to Canada’s National Post, have not been allowed to know about it, and as we can read from their article titled “The security perimeter imaginarium of Dr. Harper (link here) which, in part, says: “The New York Times didn’t mention the Harper-Obama agreement (though it did quote some remarks the Prime Minister made about Egypt). There was a story inside the Wall Street Journal, but if any other U.S. media reported on the meeting and press conference, I can’t find it. There is no hint that the US Congress is interested either.”
Equally as shocking were the Canadian government’s deliberate actions to keep this merger secret from their own citizens, and as we can read as reported by the Toronto Star News Service in their article titled “Canada kept U.S. border talks under wraps" (link here) and which, in part, says: “The federal government deliberately kept negotiations on a border deal with Washington secret while it planned ways to massage public opinion in favour of the pact, according to a confidential communications strategy. The 14-page public relations document recommended that talks keep a “low public profile” in the months leading up to the announcement by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama. At the same time, the government would secretly engage “stakeholders” — interested parties such as big business groups and others — in a way that respected “the confidentiality of the announcement.” In advance, the government departments involved — including industry, foreign affairs, international trade and citizenship and immigration — were to “align supportive stakeholders to speak positively about the announcement,” according to the strategy prepared by Public Safety Minister Vic Toews’ officials.”
One of the “supportive stakeholders” in the merger of Canada with the US is called the Canadian Council of Chief Executives ( link ) who in their statement supporting it said, “This is the kind of government action that we in the business community have been seeking for years”. Canada’s Pacific Free Press, however, has slammed this merger for what it really is, a capitalist corporate takeover of both the United States and Canada, and as we can read as reported in their article titled “New Harper/Obama Border Deal about Corporate Power – Not Security and Trade" ( link )
“The Corporations behind this deal own the politicians who signed it, and the media that are telling us ‘how good it is’. The CCCE is the secretive umbrella group that represents Corporate Canada. The CCCE is the banks, big oil, the drug companies and manufacturers and retailers and all the rest; the people and corporations who own our country. Many believe they ARE the government of Canada. They are the ones behind this deal. Also in the Border Deal: A new ‘Council’ will ‘harmonize’ regulations between Canada and the United States (google: Regulatory Cooperation Council): The Corporations want ONE SET of business-friendly rules for Canada and the United States, they want control of the rules and regulations that govern us, and that is what this deal is largely about. Where is the Corporate Media? Where is the CBC? All silent – under Corporate orders. Where are the Unions? The Environmental Groups? The Council of Canadians? The Social Groups. The other Political Parties? We are allowed to hear nothing from them either. This powerful new agreement will further undermine our democracy, it is all about Corporate Power and Wealth. Here in Victoria BC, our main Corporate radio station, CFAX, tells us the new border deal will be good for security and trade and nothing to worry about. That is just Corporate Propaganda, but only that one message is put out. The border deal will ‘protect us’ from terror. That’s how it’s being ‘sold’, but in fact we are getting in bed with the number one terrorist nation in the world today, the United States of America; a nation that is also bankrupt and may be nearing social upheaval. Even worse, this deal gives more power to Corporations which have neither heart nor soul and who will happily see us ruined if it means increased Profit for them; we know this because it is what they do everywhere in the world. Why is Stephen Harper signing us into secret deals with these lunatics? The new agreement will make it easier to cross the border. This is the other selling point for the deal, but of course the ‘tightening’ of the Canada/US border was done to give us ‘a problem’ that they are now going to solve with a new border around us – which was the Corporate Plan all along. These are the kinds of games these lunatics play.”
The great British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) once said:
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.”, and which, sadly, appears to be the case with this historic merger between the US and Canada as those who know and care won’t be heard, but those who do will reign in tyranny over those who live their lives in ignorance. And yes it is true, and worth repeating, “These are the kinds of games these lunatics play”.
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If you take a closer look at their currencies, you may find it odd (or coincidental) that parity between the US$ and the Canadian $ was achieved around this time.
Heads up, American and Canada: You've Been Lisboned!
CR.
PS-Tip of the beret to Bob L who sent me the story.
the complete overturning of the sovereignty of both the American and Canadian peoples laws and regulations they have lived under for centuries
ReplyDeleteDidn't NAFTA already change the regulations when it started in 1994?
Will a similar deal be struck with Mexico, followed by a consolidation similar to the NAFTA negotiations?
What does this new agreement have that NAFTA doesn't or couldn't have been extended to provide?
Still the EU was once just about trade, wasn't it?
Westy,
ReplyDeleteThis new deal leaves the Mexicans out of the agreement. I haven't found any reaction from them so far.
The two agreements probably contradict each other. I haven't looked, but I will.
Yes, that was my main thrust: a simple "trade" deal that gets out of control.
Nothing in the glorious MSM though. Wonder why?
CR.
A Grand Vision. Canada and the U.S. joined together would, by many measures of wealth, dynamism, and culture, be the greatest nation in the history of the world.
ReplyDeleteA combined U.S. and Canada would eclipse Russia as the largest country on Earth geographically. The expanded U.S. would not change in rank as to population, remaining the world's third most populous nation.But the entire feel of the future would change, not just for us on this continent but for humanity all around the Earth.
Never before have the peoples of two such enormous countries put their trust in each other and merged. Their voluntary joining would make a huge impact upon the world's sense of the possible, and open people's minds to ideas and opportunities of many kinds.
IL,
ReplyDeleteI agree. It sounds lovely.
Just like the Common Market sounded lovely to us back in 1972.
Look at us now. We import legislation, by the ton, it seems, in return for £50 million per day.
The biggest loss is not the money, it's our right to self-determine.
Will the Americans and Canadians agree that "open minds and opportunities" are worth more than their sovereignty?
I seriously doubt it.
CR.
Seems to me that the Americans were doing quite a good job of nuking themselves without any help from the Russians.
ReplyDeletecoercive power just gets bigger and bigger, more remote, less accountable and more arbitrary.
ReplyDeletethis is full on corporatism (the true meaning of fascism) but all the sheep will mistake it for capitalism/free markets. thus socialists will gain fuel for their big state dreams.
ive raised this question before in debates on the eu - why is the nation state such a good thing? the majority of people can understand that supra states are a bad thing - the eu for example, but why do these same people ignore that the uk is itself a supra state. even beyond our union nations there are cornish and yorkshire separatists. there is even more cognitive dissonance when it comes to the usa. they think the eu is bad and would be aghast at this am-can bollocks if they were awake to it but the majority dont see that the usa is an older version of the eu. a supra state. their state sovereignty was abrogated by the constitution - their lisbon. this am-can would be the equivalent of the eu joining russia.
but my question is if everyone can recognise that greater collective coercive power is bad and localism/devolution/secession is good then why not follow it to its logical conclusion - individualism? why rewind eu power back down to uk level? why not england, why not counties, why not towns? why have any government at all?
"Just like the Common Market sounded lovely to us back in 1972."
ReplyDeleteI was 11 for most of 1972 and even at that tender age had no love for closer ties of any sort with Europe. Mind back then I was being taught by real teachers not the modern day drones who spout socialism.
I for one am glad we live in interesting times. It looks like we're moving closer and closer to the brick of international socialist diktat and it's inevitable collaspe.
ReplyDeleteNWS,
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
I just want to hurry it along a bit....
CR.