There are many reasons for the crisis in the forest industry. We hear about this all the time: high Canadian dollar, low housing starts in the US and the state of the economy.
However, one topic that is not often discussed in the media is the low key “hands-off” approach by both the provincial and federal [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Security and Prosperity Partnership’
Forestry Forgotten
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008Activists Plan with BC MP Atamanenko to Put Secretive SPP on the Public Agenda
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008Public Awareness Initiative Launched
OTTAWA - Representatives and individuals from poverty, labour, environmental, student, health, church and peace groups met with Alex Atamanenko, NDP MP for BC Southern Interior in Nelson, BC last Thursday, April 3rd and decided to launch a public education and awareness campaign about the secretive “so-called” Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) Agreement [...]
All for Them and None For Us - U.S. Gains the Most under SPP
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007On August 20-21 Stephen Harper welcomed George W. Bush and Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon to Montebello, Quebec, to discuss the progress of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), a continental initiative launched in 2005 by Canada’s then Prime Minister, Paul Martin at the famous ‘Three Amigos Summit’ in Waco Texas. The deal is mainly about [...]