Canada Losing its Water to the US
Stephen Leahy has a post on the machinations of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), a business-government forum that is an off-shoot of the NAFTA agreement, that is slowly plundering Canada's natural heritage for the sake of economic integration. As Global Warming, mismanagement and drought continue to dry the US, Canada's water stores in the north will be become very important the American machine. Not that I am not concerned for our American cousins, but they have yet to prove they're nothing more than a spoiled, ravenous beast, when it comes to the management of the environment. Canada isn't much better, but with a population ten times smaller than the US, at least we have an opportunity to correct the squander of the past.
The SPP today operates without public oversight. Negotiations are conducted in the dark, where short-term thinking and self-interest stink the air. The American public would be up in arms at some of the compromises being made on their behalf as well -- but we Canadians have much to worry about. We're dealing with the 50,000lb gorilla from south of the 49th. We don't negotiate on equal footing with the Americans. Our government and the greedy bastards who profess to speak for us are selling us out for their tactical gains.
Write your elected representatives folks!
The SPP today operates without public oversight. Negotiations are conducted in the dark, where short-term thinking and self-interest stink the air. The American public would be up in arms at some of the compromises being made on their behalf as well -- but we Canadians have much to worry about. We're dealing with the 50,000lb gorilla from south of the 49th. We don't negotiate on equal footing with the Americans. Our government and the greedy bastards who profess to speak for us are selling us out for their tactical gains.
Write your elected representatives folks!
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