The Smart Border Declaration: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/anti-terrorism/can-us-border-en.asp
Border Cooperation http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/can-am/main/border/default-en.asp
The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/I-2.5/index.html
Nexus http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel/nexus/menu.html
"Perimeter clearance strategy: to realize a Smart Border for the 21st century" a power point presentation prepared by the Coalition of Perimeter Clearance, composed of members of the Canadian Tourism Commission, http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/2/parlbus/commbus/senate/Com-e/fore-e/witn-e/phillips-e.pps
NASCO - Mid-continent Corridor http://www.nascocorridor.com
No One Is Illegal http://noii-van.resist.ca/home
Homes Not Bombs www.homesnotbombs.ca
Not A Colony http://www.notacolony.ca/
Centre for Research on Globalization http://www.globalresearch.ca/
Canada and the New American Empire http://www.globalcentres.org/can-us/index.html
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Monday, August 15, 2005
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Check out this link:
http://www.exposeexxon.com/
As one of the world's most profitable companies, ExxonMobil has the power to move the world toward a more sustainable energy future. Instead, ExxonMobil has acted consistently to move the world backward on energy policy by opposing efforts to stop global warming, lobbying to drill in pristine wilderness areas, and failing to promote renewable energy and fuel efficiency.
http://www.exposeexxon.com/
As one of the world's most profitable companies, ExxonMobil has the power to move the world toward a more sustainable energy future. Instead, ExxonMobil has acted consistently to move the world backward on energy policy by opposing efforts to stop global warming, lobbying to drill in pristine wilderness areas, and failing to promote renewable energy and fuel efficiency.
http://www.exposeexxon.com/
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Weyerhaeuser's illegal Boreal logging exposed
Investigations by the Saskatchewan Environmental Society and the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) have revealed that Weyerhaeuser is illegally logging in Canada's Boreal to make plywood and copy paper for Xerox and other U.S. corporations. In Saskatchewan: The Province of Weyerhaeuser, a case study released July 15, 2005, government documents confirm that Weyerhaeuser exceeded its legal summer logging allowance by 100 percent and 20-year road building allowance by 70 percent in less than five years. According to Saskatchewan law, Weyerhaeuser currently owes the province $1.5 million in fines for these violations. Despite known violations, Weyerhaeuser is currently certified as "sustainable" by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA). The Saskatchewan Environmental Society has retained the Sierra Legal Defence Fund, to appeal Weyerhaeuser's certification, and call on Justice Minister Frank Quennell to investigate "the long-standing, continuing and current legal non-compliance by Weyerhaeuser's Saskatchewan Forestlands operations."
View the July 15, 2005 RAN press release
View the RAN Case Study - Saskatchewan: The Province of Weyerhaeuser
Take Action through RAN - Send a letter to decision-makers
View the RAN Old Growth Campaign web page
View the July 15, 2005 RAN press release
View the RAN Case Study - Saskatchewan: The Province of Weyerhaeuser
Take Action through RAN - Send a letter to decision-makers
View the RAN Old Growth Campaign web page
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Water wars
The State of North Dakota thinks that dumping $50,000 worth of gravel inthe Devils Lake outletwill quiet Manitobans (and Canadians, and Americans) opposed to the outlet project.http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_devils-lake-20050803The gravel will stop adult fish, fish eggs, and some plants. But pollutants, pathogens and other foreign species from Devils Lake will still get through the gravel bed into the Red River. There are no plans to delay the testing of the pumps (today or tomorrow), or opening of the outlet by next week. Canadian, and Minnesotan scientists have recently been allowed to take water samples from Devils Lake for testing. But North Dakota is not going to wait for the results of these tests before opening the outlet. Despite vehement opposition from citizens, non-profit groups, commercial fishers, and governments across both Canada and the U.S., North Dakota plans to proceed with the Devils Lake outlet without review under the Boundary Waters Treaty by the International Joint Commission. The Devils Lake water diversion project is an environmental issue, but it is also an enormous economic issue for Manitoba, as well as a question of international relations if North Dakota proceeds unilaterally in harming a shared water resource between Canada and the U.S. Show North Dakota that the legitimate concerns of Manitobans cannot be so easily brushed aside! Take action!There is very little time left, but both politicians and the media are paying close attention to this issue at the moment. Every effort will count at this late date! Tell your MLA, your MP, the Premier and the Prime Minister that you do not want North Dakota to test or open the Devils Lake outlet while negotiations are ongoing! Support Friends of the Earth in their campaign against the Devils Lake outllet - sign the petition! Boycott North Dakota!Call or e-mail the Prime Minister (613) 992-4211, Martin.P@parl.gc.ca, or pm@pm.gc.ca I'm sure that Mr. Martin has been working long and hard on this issue, but it's time he heard from individual people. It is time for the government of Canada to put its foot down and stop being so polite. Diplomacy has not been successful. It's time for the PM to see how many people are counting on him to stand up for Canadians at this critical time.http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/contact.aspUrge the PM to meet with Friends of the Earth to receive the petition, bearing the signatures of Canadians who are calling on the Canadian government to take legal action against North Dakota to ensure properreview of the Devils Lake project before the water starts to flow. Encourage both the PM and Premier of Manitoba to commit funds to support Manitobans in legal action against North Dakota!Call or e-mail the Premier of Manitoba (204) 945-3714 and -3715, premier@leg.gov.mb.ca Premier Gary Doer has also been working on this issue for many years. Let him know that, as a citizen of Manitoba, you support his every effort at this "eleventh hour" of the debate. This is not the way the people in Manitoba want to be treated by the southward trading partner!http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/cabinet.htmlLast minute discussions are ongoing about the possibility of installing a sand filter (much more elaborate than the gravel bed currently being added), but no final decision has yet been reached. It has also not been determined whether Manitoba would be stuck paying the $18 million bill for the filter, or whether the filter would actually succeed in protectingManitoba waterways, and commercial fisheries from the potential pollutants, pathogens, and foreign species in Devils Lake. Tell the Premier that a sand filter (with micron sized passage) is the least Manitoba will accept in this dispute. But even this filter would not prevent all pathogens and foreign species from entering the Red River and Lake Winnipeg, and does nothing to stop dissolved pollutants from contaminating Manitoban waterways. Urge the Premier to continue to pursue a reference to the International Joint Commission (IJC) for the Devils Lake project. The IJC has a long history of resolution of trans-boundary waterdisputes. Its mandate would require full scientific review of the project, and negotiations would seek a solution acceptable to all parties.Contact the Canadian Ambassador to the U.S., Frank McKenna (202) 682-1740, canada@canadianembassy.orghttp://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/can-am/washington/services/stafflist-en.aspAmbassador McKenna has been working very hard on this issue, and negotitated the addition of the gravel filter currently being constructed for the outlet. Check out Canada's statement to the IJC, and letters of support for Canada's concerns in the Devils Lake dispute at http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/can-am/washington/shared_env/devilslake-en.aspContact your MP!Visit the Government of Canada website: http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/index.asp?Language=E (click on the Members ofParliament for contact info, or find your MP using your postal code). Phone numbers for your MPs local constituency office can also be found in the back of the White Pages. (And if you put your MPs name into a search engine, you may also find their constituency website.)Contact Reg Alcock, President of the Treasury Board, and Minister responsible for Manitoba(204) 984-6787, wpgoffice@reg-alcock.ca (613) 995-7517, alcocr@parl.gc.ca, or Alcock.R@parl.gc.cahttp://www.reg-alcock.ca/index/contactsContact your MLA http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/alphabetical.html andContact Manitoba's Minister of Water Stewardship, Mr. Steve Ashton (204) 945-1133, minwst@leg.gov.mb.ca Express your support for the Provincial government's efforts to date, and encourage the province to commit funds to the legal defence of Manitoban priorities!Download and sign the Friend of the Earth PetitionMore than 1500 signatures have been collected in only two weeks - and there are many more people who want to make their voices heard! Petitions must be submitted bearing original signatures to be eligible for presentation to Parliament. Contact devilslake05@yahoo.ca to arrange to submit your signed petition, or drop it off at the Manitoba Eco-Network (3-303 Portage Ave, 3rd floor of the MEC building, M-F 9am-5pm), or keep an eye out for FOE volunteers canvassing in public places around Winnipeg!(At the FOE website you can also make a donation to the legal/education fund online, http://www.foecanada.org/. Municipalities, First Nations groups, environmental organizations, and many neighbouring provinces and states have declared that the Devils Lake water diversion project needs to be reviewed under the Boundary Waters Treaty bythe International Joint Commission. However, neither the State of North Dakota nor the U.S. Federal government has agreed to this review, which would include a thorough scientific assessment. The Provincial and Federal governments have been negotiating for years over this issue. Friends ofthe Earth recently retained Canada's leading environmental lawyer to advise Manitoban First Nations and Municipalities on their legal options in this dispute. Although many leaders of these groups expressed an interest in taking legal action, funds are tight around the province after repairing the extensive flood damage this year, and the necessary funds have not yet been found to pursue North Dakota in court.)Express your concern to the man with his political hand on the Devils Lake tap, North Dakota Governor John Hoeven: http://www.governor.state.nd.us/contact.html
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Notes for the North American Summit Hemispheria 2006 (May 31st to June 2) Research Team
The event will bring together governors, premiers, mayors and business leaders from across Mexico, the United States and Canada to consider key issues related to the competitiveness of the North American economy. The summit will also bring together North America’s SuperCorridor Coalition (NASCO) which promotes trade and transportation connections along the mid-continent trade and transportation route.[1]
A transportation corridor is nearly a quarter-mile wide. It serves vehicles, trains, and incorporates oil, gas, electric, and water lines. Networks of toll roads will function primarily to connect U.S. roads to networks in Mexico, Central and South America, and Canada.[2]
NASC a. k. a. NASCO
(but not the NASCO which runs the MTS Centre here in Winnipeg!)
North America's Supercorridor Coalition "focuses on the needs of the highways it represents, but also on the multimodal corridor as a whole – highways, rail, aviation, inland port intermodal facilities and technology. NASCO’s goal is to make the corridors it represents the world’s first fully international, integrated, intermodal trade and transportation corridor in North America.”[3]
NASCO describes itself as a public/private, non-profit corporation seeking to create an international trade corridor system throughout North America, secure funding for certain projects, and promote the development of International Trade Processing Centers. A lobbying group, linked to other lobbying groups, it is partnered with the North America’s Supercorridor Caucus in Congress and working with Senate committees on a Multi-State International Corridor Development Program. Tim Brown, a Bell County, Texas Commissioner is President.[4]
“NORTH AMERICA'S SUPERCORRIDOR COALITION” is currently a lobby registrant (number 30352189) in the U.S. House of Representatives.[5]
The US Senate website, indicates a registrant/client relationship for which a filing was received by the SOPR. In any case, many registrants have since terminated the lobbying activity with respect to clients listed. The number does not indicate "ACTIVE" or "CURRENT" status, merely that a filing had been received pursuant to the LDA:[6] The registrant is OCONNOR & HANNAN (and the client is NASCO).
NASCO’s brand image was developed by a company called Project Partners[7]. "Project Partners was my ’right arm’ for the International Transportation Forum at AllianceTexas. We could not have done it without them." Said Paula Baucum, Director of Marketing North America’s SuperCorridor Coalition[8].
NAITCP
The NAITCP (http://www.naitcp.org/) is a ‘partnership of cities of Mexico, the United States and Canada linked by a trade corridor that works to promote economic and social development in our region.’ NAITCP just held its 11th annual summit in San Pedro, Mexico, May 11-13. That meeting was called ‘Hemispheria, the North American Convergence Summit,’ and featured working groups on ‘Trade and Transportation Corridors in North America, Smart Borders, and Cultural Integration.’[9]
CNATCA
The CNATCA (http://www.cnatca.org/) aims to encourage ‘continued economic integration between the three North American countries and to foster greater collective involvement in the emerging global economy.’ CNATCA’s project, the Central North American Trade Corridor, extends from Alaska through the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, the Oklahoma panhandle, and Texas, and then south of the U.S. border to Mexico City.[10]
“Lawsuits based on environmental issues have delayed implementation of these provisions, but in June 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that environmental reviews were not required. The latest holdup is an agreement on safety standards, UPI reporting in March 2005, that Mexico would not allow U.S. safety inspectors to check trucks on its side of the border.”[11]
As of June 10th, 2005, President Bush was continuing to demand Congressional approval of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Many legislators (even those who express outrage over present U.S. border problems) had caved, as of June 10th.[12]
morsels
There are only a few reports available on internet with respect to NASC, http://www.copvcia.com/free/ww3/061605_world_stories.shtml, for example.
Resistance in Texas is well organized, check out http://www.corridorwatch.org/.
There is also racist opposition, http://sixthcolumn.blogspot.com/, for example.
Footnotes
[1]http://www.ndpcaucus.mb.ca/thisweek/ThisWeekArchive105.html
[2] http://www.cuttingedge.org/news_updates/nz1896.htm
[3] http://www.catransco.org/Links/Transportation_links.htm
[4] http://www.cuttingedge.org/news_updates/nz1896.htm
[5] http://clerk.house.gov/pd/houseID.html?reg_id=30352
[6] http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/b_three_sections_with_teasers/clientlist_page_N_O.htm
[7] http://www.yourprojectpartners.com/index.asp?page=3#top
[8] http://www.yourprojectpartners.com/index.asp?page=4
[9] http://www.cuttingedge.org/news_updates/nz1896.htm
[10] ibid.
[11] ibid.
[12] ibid.
A transportation corridor is nearly a quarter-mile wide. It serves vehicles, trains, and incorporates oil, gas, electric, and water lines. Networks of toll roads will function primarily to connect U.S. roads to networks in Mexico, Central and South America, and Canada.[2]
NASC a. k. a. NASCO
(but not the NASCO which runs the MTS Centre here in Winnipeg!)
North America's Supercorridor Coalition "focuses on the needs of the highways it represents, but also on the multimodal corridor as a whole – highways, rail, aviation, inland port intermodal facilities and technology. NASCO’s goal is to make the corridors it represents the world’s first fully international, integrated, intermodal trade and transportation corridor in North America.”[3]
NASCO describes itself as a public/private, non-profit corporation seeking to create an international trade corridor system throughout North America, secure funding for certain projects, and promote the development of International Trade Processing Centers. A lobbying group, linked to other lobbying groups, it is partnered with the North America’s Supercorridor Caucus in Congress and working with Senate committees on a Multi-State International Corridor Development Program. Tim Brown, a Bell County, Texas Commissioner is President.[4]
“NORTH AMERICA'S SUPERCORRIDOR COALITION” is currently a lobby registrant (number 30352189) in the U.S. House of Representatives.[5]
The US Senate website, indicates a registrant/client relationship for which a filing was received by the SOPR. In any case, many registrants have since terminated the lobbying activity with respect to clients listed. The number does not indicate "ACTIVE" or "CURRENT" status, merely that a filing had been received pursuant to the LDA:[6] The registrant is OCONNOR & HANNAN (and the client is NASCO).
NASCO’s brand image was developed by a company called Project Partners[7]. "Project Partners was my ’right arm’ for the International Transportation Forum at AllianceTexas. We could not have done it without them." Said Paula Baucum, Director of Marketing North America’s SuperCorridor Coalition[8].
NAITCP
The NAITCP (http://www.naitcp.org/) is a ‘partnership of cities of Mexico, the United States and Canada linked by a trade corridor that works to promote economic and social development in our region.’ NAITCP just held its 11th annual summit in San Pedro, Mexico, May 11-13. That meeting was called ‘Hemispheria, the North American Convergence Summit,’ and featured working groups on ‘Trade and Transportation Corridors in North America, Smart Borders, and Cultural Integration.’[9]
CNATCA
The CNATCA (http://www.cnatca.org/) aims to encourage ‘continued economic integration between the three North American countries and to foster greater collective involvement in the emerging global economy.’ CNATCA’s project, the Central North American Trade Corridor, extends from Alaska through the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, the Oklahoma panhandle, and Texas, and then south of the U.S. border to Mexico City.[10]
“Lawsuits based on environmental issues have delayed implementation of these provisions, but in June 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that environmental reviews were not required. The latest holdup is an agreement on safety standards, UPI reporting in March 2005, that Mexico would not allow U.S. safety inspectors to check trucks on its side of the border.”[11]
As of June 10th, 2005, President Bush was continuing to demand Congressional approval of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Many legislators (even those who express outrage over present U.S. border problems) had caved, as of June 10th.[12]
morsels
There are only a few reports available on internet with respect to NASC, http://www.copvcia.com/free/ww3/061605_world_stories.shtml, for example.
Resistance in Texas is well organized, check out http://www.corridorwatch.org/.
There is also racist opposition, http://sixthcolumn.blogspot.com/, for example.
Footnotes
[1]http://www.ndpcaucus.mb.ca/thisweek/ThisWeekArchive105.html
[2] http://www.cuttingedge.org/news_updates/nz1896.htm
[3] http://www.catransco.org/Links/Transportation_links.htm
[4] http://www.cuttingedge.org/news_updates/nz1896.htm
[5] http://clerk.house.gov/pd/houseID.html?reg_id=30352
[6] http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/b_three_sections_with_teasers/clientlist_page_N_O.htm
[7] http://www.yourprojectpartners.com/index.asp?page=3#top
[8] http://www.yourprojectpartners.com/index.asp?page=4
[9] http://www.cuttingedge.org/news_updates/nz1896.htm
[10] ibid.
[11] ibid.
[12] ibid.
Saturday, July 23, 2005
The Devil's Lake diversion project
If you oppose the Devil's Lake diversion project, you may want to show up on Sunday at noon at the Manitoba Legislature. There will be a rally with speakers and petition-signing starting at noon. The speakers will be followed by music and entertainment until 6 p. m.
Who: opponents of the Devil's Lake diversion project
What: a rally to protest
When: noon on Sunday, July 24th
Where: the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg
Why: to protest the Devil's Lake diversion project
Who: opponents of the Devil's Lake diversion project
What: a rally to protest
When: noon on Sunday, July 24th
Where: the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg
Why: to protest the Devil's Lake diversion project
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