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Is the Security and Prosperity Partnership the beginning of a North American Union?
By Tom DeWeese
February 14, 2007
Is our government working quietly to create the equivalent of a North American Union - much on the lines of the European Union?
Some charge that such a Union will eventually override our Constitutional government, our judicial system, our economic system and even our currency, which, some speculate, will be replaced by something called the Amero. Can it be possible?
Others say such charges are just another trumped up conspiracy theory of a lunatic fringe.
I can't possibly address every issue and describe the complete history of the situation in our short time together, but I can go over the highlights and give you an idea as to why many of us are greatly concerned and in fact believe we are entering the fight of our lives.
Here's a quick run down.
On March 23, 2005 President Bush met with Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin in what was officially described as a "Summit." The three leaders then announced the signing of an agreement to create common policies concerning various economic and security issues among the three nations.
The initiative is called the Security and Prosperity Partnership or the SPP.
It's purpose?
According to a joint statement from the three leaders, the SPP is to "establish a common approach to security to protect North America from external threats, prevent and respond to threats within North America, and further streamline the security and efficient movement of legitimate low-risk traffic across our shared borders."
Desirable or not, such an undertaking represents a radical change in how the three nations interact and cooperate with each other. It is a matter of changed foreign policy, monetary policy, and military policy.
Yet there has been no Congressional oversight or authorization for the undertaking. No funds appropriated.
Meanwhile, since that Summit in 2005, at least 20 working groups have been organized under the SPP to produce memorandums of understanding and trilateral declarations of agreement covering nearly every issue affecting our daily lives.
Whether or not you accept the idea that a North American Union is being established, clearly it must be acknowledged that a new layer of tri-national government bureaucracy is being created.
As you know, the major debate in the US today is over border security. Our nation is being flooded with hordes of illegal aliens. They are over-burdening our schools, hospitals and social services.
In many parts of the nation, hospitals and services are being forced to shut down, damaging the quality of life of American citizens.
On top of the illegal alien situation, we face danger from the threat of terrorists as Americans are forced to surrender liberty in the name of fighting this threat.
And there is the flood of illegal drugs pouring over the border, straight into our kid's schools.
More than 80% of the American people have demanded something be done to secure the borders.
Yet, the Administration has fought efforts to close the border. Why? It appears obvious in light of agreements made in the creation of the Security and Prosperity Partnership.
The SPP calls for "harmonizing" our borders into one seamless entity called North America.
So, under what authority are more than 16 government agencies being organized to create the SPP?
As reported by Congressman Ron Paul:
According to Administration officials, "…The SPP is neither a treaty nor a formal agreement. Rather it is a "dialogue" launched by the heads of state of Canada, Mexico, and the United States… What is a dialogue? We don't know. What we do know, however, is that Congressional oversight of what might be one of the most significant developments in recent history is non-existent. Congress has no role at all in this 'dialogue.' According to the SPP, this 'dialogue' will create new supra-national organizations to 'coordinate' border security, health policy, economic trade policy, and energy policy between the governments of Mexico, Canada and the United States. As such it is but an extension of NAFTA-and CAFTA-like agreements that have far less to do with the free movement of goods and services than they do with government coordination and management of international trade."
Congressman Paul went on to say the SPP is "an unholy alliance of foreign consortiums and officials from several governments."
It is important to note that administrators of NAFTA and CAFTA are major participants in SPP working groups. Thus the connection to these trade agreements is obvious and substantial.
According to Article 5.11, under the NAFTA agreement, participating nations must reform their laws to NAFTA regulations.
The United States Supreme Court has held that the US government cannot hide behind a claim of federalism to avoid its "international obligations."
NAFTA, then, appears to be the governing entity for the SPP. That means NAFTA regulations (and ultimately SPP regulations) will supersede U.S. laws. NAFTA courts (and ultimately SPP courts) will overrule U.S. courts. And NAFTA policy (and ultimately SPP policy) will override U.S. labor, energy, environmental, health and economic policy.
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