Fighting the NAFTA Super-Highway- (Found July 5, 2008 ) The day after John McCain flew to Canada to glorify the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 73-year-old Rosie Edwards repeatedly laughed about her flood-ravaged home in Martinsville, Ind. "I've cried all I can cry," the grandmother of 55 grand and great-grandchildren said on June 21 in her moldy, now-gutted home of six years. "I've lost everything." Just across State Road 37, which Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels and his Democratic opponent Jill Long Thompson...http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article/235930221-fighting-the-nafta-superhighway Compete to Win (giving Canada away)- (Found July 5, 2008 ) OTTAWA, June 26, 2008: - A panel of top Canadian business executives appointed by Stephen Harper last year to take the heat off the government in the wake of a wave of foreign business takeovers, has recommended more of the same. The Competition Policy Review Panel has recommended that the federal government water down most foreign investment controls and allow the mergers of major banks. From http:www.harperindex.caViewArticle.cfmRef=00154 The report may be viewed at...http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article/235930213-compete-to-win-giving-canada-away Colonial Canada Now (Part Five). The Boulevard of Lies.- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Not quite siamese twins, Mel Hurtig and Naomi Klein reflect the (unhappy) state of Canada now and the perilousness of its future.http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article/235930214-colonial-canada-now-part-five-the-boulevard-o... Scientific Technique and Power- (Found July 5, 2008 ) This article will examine the use of scientific technique to increase the power of an elite scientific minority over the unscientific masses as discussed in Bertrand Russell's 1931 book The Scientific Outlook. The basic theme of this book is to describe a society, partially in the future, partially currently in place (circa 1930s) dominated by scientific thought and technique. This includes a drastic redesign of education and human reproduction as well as the elimination of competition in...http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article/235930215-scientific-technique-and-power Will Canada Last Not if we surrender our energy lifeblood to the US.- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Harper: the big sellout What will it take persuade Canadians that if they do not act soon to reverse the course of their nation, there will be nothing left to save I am talking, of course, about so-called "deep integration" and its official expression, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP). The SPP, moving inexorably on many fronts, is nothing less than a blueprint for the gradual dismantling of one of the most successful nations of the twentieth century, and its piecemeal.http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article/235930216-will-canada-last-not-if-we-surrender-our-ener... Is NAFTA road through here about trade - or treachery- (Found July 5, 2008 ) It is a steel and concrete corridor that will run right through the Old Pueblo, connecting Mexico City to Edmonton, Alberta. Its purpose is to facilitate trade among the three countries and minimize traffic and congestion for residents. Or is it evidence of a move afoot to intertwine the three North American countries and blur the lines of sovereignty http:www.azstarnet.comsnborder245995http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article/235930217-is-nafta-road-through-here-about-trade-or-tre... Happy Canada Day!- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Happy Canada Day everyone! Let's celebrate our country today, while not forgetting that our sovereignty and the policies that make us unique are still in danger.http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article/235930218-happy-canada-day Canada, U.S. to team up on Arctic Seabed Mapping Project- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Was there ever any doubt about Harper being a puppet of the U.S government Why is the U.S. on our territory to steal our resources thats why. Under the guise of "team work". Canada, U.S. to team up on Arctic seabed mapping project (CBC) - The United States and Canada, which have been known to disagree on certain Arctic sovereignty claims, will collaborate for the first time on a United Nations scientific mapping project aimed at extending their sovereignty in the...http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article/235930219-canada-us-to-team-up-on-arctic-seabed-mapping... Why Reject the SPP Our Core Values are Divergent from the US by Janet M Eaton- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Critics of further Canada–US integration have warned that deeper integration in general and the SPP in particular are contrary to our founding myth, historical experiences and the distinct core values that shape us as Canadians and at odds with our public policy values. In other words deeper integration threatens our sovereignty and capacity to continue to craft public policies informed by those values. Values surveys and consultations have, in recent years, shown that while...http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article/235930220-why-reject-the-spp--our-core-values-are-diver... The Plan That Never Was Has Now Been Canceled- (Found July 5, 2008 ) They never intended to build a Trans-Texas CorridorNAFTA Superhighway. Or so they continued to insist. But now, the Texas Department of Transportation has announced that the plan they never had will no longer be considered. http:www.jbs.orgnode8529http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article/235930212-the-plan-that-never-was-has-now-been-canceled |