By Nathan Burchfiel
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
August 15, 2007
(CNSNews.com) - An upcoming meeting among President Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon is raising concerns on both sides of the northern border and the political aisle over sovereignty, immigration, natural resources and corporate influence over government.
The Aug. 20-21 meeting is the fourth in a series of meetings among the leaders of the three countries as part of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), a “trilateral effort to increase security and enhance prosperity … through greater cooperation and information sharing.” The first meeting took place in 2005 in Waco, Texas.
A lack of transparency and openness about what occurs at the meetings, however, has led skeptics from both sides of the political aisle to question the SPP’s goals and possible outcomes.
Many opponents in the United States raise concerns about forfeiting U.S. sovereignty to the other governments — especially Mexico — in regard to immigration and labor policies. Opponents in Canada, as well as some liberals in the U.S., worry the United States is making a power play for control of Mexican and Canadian resources. Click here for full article
The Security and Prosperity Partnership Its Immigration Implications
by James R. Edwards, Jr., Ph.D.
Report originally published by the Center for Immigration Studies - 
The North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, bound the United States, Canada, and Mexico into a trilateral “free trade” relationship among the three nations of the North American continent. Trade enthusiasts hailed NAFTA as holding great promise to elevate the economies of the three nations. Today, “NAFTA Plus,” or the so-called Security and Prosperity Partnership, is gaining more and more attention because it would move well beyond NAFTA and trade per se. Click here to read full article about SPP
