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North American Union Fact Sheet Produced and Distributed by the American Policy Center updated JANUARY 2007 NORTH AMERICAN UNION FACT SHEET Produced and Distributed by the American Policy Center SUMMARY For obvious cover of official policy, health policy, e-commerce, aviation deniability, the term “North American policy, border and immigration policy, The effort is in its infancy, however the Union” is not being used. Instead, the and the means for multiple governmental Bush Administration has been operating in agreement officially authorized twenty agencies to interact. They may be viewed secret for at least two years to establish tri-national “working groups” to establish on the Internet at www.spp.gov. The what can only be described as a North the “Security and Prosperity Partnership” Bush Administration has denied that American Union with Mexico and Canada, (SPP). The concept is being sold as simply the SPP is operating in secret. Yet it has along the same lines as the European a new framework within which the member not released the names of those in the Union. If that happens it can only mean nations can create free trade and security working groups. an eventual end to the U.S. Constitution as within the North American continent. Meanwhile, officials of the three nations our ruling document, replaced instead with However, based on working documents, quietly met in Alberta, Canada September a new North American Government. That the intent to create the North American 12 – 14, 2006. Former Secretary of State is what is happening in Europe today. Union is impossible to hide. George Shultz was a joint chairman of the We believe it can and will eventually The trilateral agreement, signed as a meeting with his counterparts from Mexico lead to the surrender of U.S. sovereignty, joint declaration, has not been submitted and Canada. Also in active attendance were independence, and national borders. It to Congress for review. There is no Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfield, will result in the establishment of a North congressional oversight. Admiral Tim Keating, Commander of American currency called the “Amero,” as NORAD, and Robert Pastor, a key advocate the dollar is junked. SECURITY AND PROSPERITY of the creation of a North American Union. PARTNERSHIP (SPP) Discussions at the conference included The U.S. will provide the army for “A Vision for North America,” “Toward defense. Gone will be U.S. citizenship. Gone a North American Energy Strategy, and The joint statement on the SPP, will be any kind of border control between “Demographic and Social Dimensions of issued on March, 23, 2005 described it as the three nations of North America. North American Integration.” an initiative to: “…establish a common Plans are well underway to establish a approach to security to protect North It is also important to note that the NAFTA Super Highway, to be the width of America from external threats, prevent and Bush Administration has denied that the eight football fields. It will run from Mexico respond to threats within North America, President ever signed an agreement with to Canada, running through the middle of the and further streamline the security and Canada and Mexico. The Administration United States. No direct inspections will be efficient movement of legitimate, low-risk has established a “Myths and Facts” section enforced as trucks from Mexico and Canada traffic across our shared borders.” to the Security and Prosperity Partnership drive through this nation. Only electronic web page in an attempt to counter arguments The working groups are now laying scanning will be used on the trucks. of those now exposing the SPP. The site the foundation for a European Union-style blatantly says, “The SPP is a dialogue to Kansas City, MO has been tapped to integration of the North American continent. increase security and enhance prosperity serve as an “inland port” to handle imports among the three countries. The SPP is not and exports among the three nations. The White House has established the an agreement nor is it a treaty. In fact, no Operating quietly, Kansas City has already SPP office in the North American Free agreement was ever signed.” However, designated $2.5 million of its taxpayer’s Trade Agreement (NAFTA) office in the according to a report on the SPP written money to establish the port. Now, the U.S. Department of Commerce, where by Former Canadian Prime Minster Paul Mexican government is demanding that it it has worked in virtual secrecy for two Martin, one of the three heads of state have its own inspection site in Kansas City to years. As the process proceeds, the SPP involved in the March 23, 2005 meeting inspect its own trucks. It also is demanding groups have not released public reports on with Bush and Fox, writes “Thus, on that the land its port will sit on will officially their activities. March 23, President Bush, President Fox become Mexican sovereign territory. Over the past two years, at least 20 SPP and I signed the Security and Prosperity The official effort began on March working groups have produced a number Partnership of North America…” The full 23, 2005, after a summit, held in Waco, of memorandums of understanding and report by Mr. Martin may be read on the TX. It was attended by President Bush, trilateral declarations of agreement. These Internet at www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/cip- Mexican President Vicente Fox, and (then) agreements cover a wide variety of issues pic/ips/ips-overview2-en.asp. Why is the Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin. The including, energy, transportation, financial Bush Administration lying about this fact? three leaders announced the signing of services (including loan and foreign aid The obvious answer is because they are an agreement to create common policies policy), communications, technology, doing this without congressional approval concerning various economic and security environmental policy, rules under which and it is therefore illegal. areas among the three nations. businesses will operate, food and agriculture COUNCIL ON FOREIGN defined by a common external tariff and an NAFTA SUPER HIGHWAY outer security perimeter within the movement RELATIONS BLUE PRINT of people, products and capital will be legal, Quietly, the Bush Administration is Many SPP working groups appear to be orderly, and safe.” working to advance a plan to build super driving toward achieving specific objectives highways through the heart of the United To those ends, the CFR report called as defined by a May, 2005 Council on States to transport goods from Mexico for establishment of a common security Foreign Relations(CFR) task force report, and Canada. The highways are part of border perimeter around North America by which presented a blueprint for expanding the original North American Free Trade 2010, along with free movement of people, the SPP agreement into a North American Agreement, (NAFTA). The plan is now commerce and capital to be facilitated by the Union that would merge the U.S., Canada being advanced through an operation called establishment of a North American Border and Mexico into a new governmental form. “North America’s Super Corridor Coalition, Pass that would replace a U.S. passport for Inc” (NASCO). The CFR report is entitled “Building travel between the U.S., Canada and Mexico. a North American Community,” and is The Super Transnational System Also envisioned by the CFR task force essentially a five year plan for implementing includes multiple lanes for cars and trucks. include a North American Court, a North the North American Union. It may be Plans call for a ten lane, limited access American inter-parliamentary group, A viewed at the CFR Internet web sight at highway to parallel I-35. It will have three North American Executive Commission, a www.cfr.org. lanes each way for passenger cars, two North American Military Defense Command, express lanes each way for trucks. Mexican A member of the CFR taskforce, Dr. a North American Customs Office and a and Canadian cars and trucks will be allowed Robert Pastor, wrote a book, published in North American Development Bank. to travel the highway, over the U.S. border 2001, titled “Toward a North American with no direct inspections. The highway will The task force report is important in Commission.” The CFR taskforce report also carry rail lines plus a utility corridor for the debate over the official Security and and the official SPP agreement carry almost oil and natural gas pipelines, electric towers, Prosperity Partnership operation because, identical language as the Pastor’s book. cables for communications and telephone though the Bush Administration denies Though the Bush Administration denies a lines. Speed limits will be relaxed as well any connection to the CFR report, the connection to Dr. Pastor’s book or to the as safety inspections for vehicles from language used in the CFR task force report CFR’s report, Dr. Pastor has represented Mexico and Canada. Trucks will be allowed and SPP documents, so far, have proven to the United States in SPP meetings, to carry extra tonnage and be extra long. A be nearly identical. Clearly the CFR task including (as mentioned above) the recent Railway system will travel up the center of force report is being used as the blue print to meeting in Alberta, Canada. the highway, allowing Mexican rail road establish the North American Union. companies to enter the U.S. and travel up The book, the CFR task force and the the highway. SPP agreement call for the establishment of O ONGRESSIONAL a North American Competitiveness Council N C Several such highways are contemplated. to pull in the private sector to the SPP AUTHORIZATION OR OVERSIGHT Environmental impact studies have already process. In addition, all three call for the been completed.
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