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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. ... 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.
A declaration by the Prime Minister of Canada and the President of the United States of America
Unfortunately, current Prime Minister Steven Harper recently scribbled away even more of Canada’s freedom to trade multilaterally in light of supposed “Security and Prosperity.” He was backed by Quebec’s own Gilles Duceppe.
features a compilation of articles from The Canadian National Newspaper. These articles both expose and also challenge an apparent assumption by many of Canada's corporate and political elites. This apparent assumption, championed by large mass-media conglomerates in Canada like CanWest Global, is that the only "rational" course for Canadian society, is to assimilate itself into the U.S. political-military-industrial complex through the "North American Union" (NAU) agenda.
The secretive agreement was signed by U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian minority Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Washington on Friday February 4, 2011 that aimed to remove Canada’s sovereignty.
articulated by President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in February. Their historic declaration – "Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness" – sets forth how the United States and Canada will manage our shared homeland and economic security.
Critics have accused the Conservative government of negotiating the deal under a shroud of secrecy and contend that Harper is poised to give up too much at the bargaining table.
The agreeement signed in Washington on Friday February 4
Originally posted by Invariance
Passed legally or illegally, the declaration has been signed. How can it be any clearer for you?
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
Originally posted by PsychNurse
Do you people realize that Harper is the first priminister in the last quarter cetury to make an attempt to support our military not to mention their much need funding increase.
Well, he tries to pi$$ it way on aircraft that we won't need and won't tell us what they'll cost. But our First Nations live in squallor and there's still lots of dough for Steve's toys. He keeps us in a war that nobody wants (that the Libs got us into post 911 as a sop for declining to dance in Iraq), and when the vets get home, they are on their own...and if an ombudsman reports on it, he gets dumped.
Are you sure our men and women in the military want all this help? I sure don't?
Originally posted by PsychNurse
I can personally say that there is much more funding put into helping the troops when they come home. I have worked with many and although it is not enough by any stretch of the imagination. There are federal, provincial, municipal and private resources being provided for the troops. They are not on their own.
Embattled ombudsman Pat Stogran makes his last stand for Canada's veterans "Deputy ministers make more on average in one year than a person who loses two legs in Afghanistan can expect to be paid out for the rest of their life," Stogran said. "Figure that one out." www.vancouversun.com...
The Harper government is like a brick wall and a train put together, which is headed on a path to destruction; no matter how much you try to work with it, there is no compromise.
It is his bullying ways and no other.
His government makes a mockery of democracy and will ruin the very foundations of our democracy.
So yes, there will be countless elections if Harper gets a minority government, because our Canadian democracy (people) will always stand up for our rights.
God help us, if he gets a majority. Our county will be changed forever into a very scary future for our children and us.
People will truly come to appreciate the words 'freedom' and 'human rights'.
Originally posted by CanadianDream420
Canada is the economic envy of the world; for that alone I give my vote, once again, to our current PM and economist Mr. Harper.
Stephen Harper is trying to get credit for the healthy state of our financial institutions, once again re-writing history to fit his public-relation efforts. In opposition, Stephen Harper wanted Canada’s banks to have looser, US-style regulations, lambasting Jean Chrétien for “the failure to adapt bank regulation to the needs and challenges of a financial sector that is less and less national, and more and more global”—the same banking regulations that protected Canadian families and businesses during the recession. After inheriting the $13 billion Liberal surplus, the Harper government spent Canada into deficit before the recession even began, and has saddled Canadians with a record $54 billion deficit since then.www.liberal.ca...
Originally posted by Invariance
Did you ever notice that it's "The Harper Government", as referred, not "The Conservatives" ?
My final statement on the matter is a quote from an article in The Barrie Examiner
The Harper government is like a brick wall and a train put together, which is headed on a path to destruction; no matter how much you try to work with it, there is no compromise.
It is his bullying ways and no other.
His government makes a mockery of democracy and will ruin the very foundations of our democracy.
So yes, there will be countless elections if Harper gets a minority government, because our Canadian democracy (people) will always stand up for our rights.
God help us, if he gets a majority. Our county will be changed forever into a very scary future for our children and us.
People will truly come to appreciate the words 'freedom' and 'human rights'.
WoW, from a mainstream media source.
We are a resource based country
Originally posted by Fox Molder
Bottom line here is that by handing the Conservatives a majority Gummit, Canadians will finally have a stable economy, a responsible Gummit that will cut the fat and spend where it is REQUIRED.