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Bush Reaffirms North American Union Agenda At Leaders' Summit Opposition to 'Security and Prosperity Partnership' intensifies who got help from Bush in New Orleans? For link to injustice look at http://canlii.org ? Lawyer are in one big Gang? ran by the Governments President Bush yesterday reaffirmed a commitment to progress the much maligned Security and Prosperity Partnership agenda, amid intensified opposition from commentators and critics concerned that the plan constitutes an undermining of national sovereignty. At a private party to open the fourth North American Leaders' Summit in New Orleans, Bush referred to recently encountered "setbacks" and told bureaucrats and business leaders "the meeting gives three friends the chance to come together to discuss our commitment to security and prosperity, to reconfirm the need for the three of us to work in harmony together for the good of our peoples. It's a chance to talk about how we can best protect our people and extend prosperity." Bush told leaders from Canada and Mexico "Tomorrow, we will be meeting with the business leaders of the North American Competitiveness Council to listen to their specific recommendations... The United States has an opportunity to continue the trading agenda." The North American Competitiveness Council (NACC) is an advisory Council Comprised of 30 senior private sector representatives of North American corporations that were selected by the American, Canadian and Mexican governments at the June 2006 trilateral meeting in Cancun, Mexico. Recently uncovered documents detailed how these corporate representatives have been urged to "humanize" North American integration, promote NAFTA success stories to employees and unions and evolve the harmonization agenda "without fueling protectionism". The documentation consists of internal memos from Canada's Foreign Affairs and Internal Trade ministry, which were obtained by the World Net Daily reporter Jerome Corsi under an Access to Information Act request. Business leaders have been beseeched by bureaucratic working groups to launch public relations campaigns in order to counter critics of the secretive Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) and to report back to senior government officials with advice on an ongoing basis. The memo highlighted how those advancing the North American integration agenda are concerned about the exposure and subsequent public backlash they have encountered recently. Meanwhile one prominent critic of the SPP agenda, Congressman Ron Paul has vowed to intensify opposition towards the alliance and the intrinsically linked Trans-Texas Corridor and proposed NAFTA ¡°Super Highway.¡± ¡°As we all know, there have been significant moves recently to expand the Security and Prosperity Partnership initiated by President Bush and his Mexican and Canadian counterparts in 2005. One such plan is to construct a so-called ¡°NAFTA Superhighway¡± running from Mexico, through Texas, and up eventually into Canada,¡± Paul said yesterday. I have opposed this project from the beginning, signing on as a co-sponsor of House Concurrent Resolution 40 expressing Congressional disapproval of the NAFTA Superhighway and any moves toward a North American Union.¡± More recently, I introduced an even stronger piece of legislation, H.R.5191, which would prohibit the use of federal funds to carry out this highway project. The federal government has no business being partner to this outrageous plan, according to which countless landowners would have their private property confiscated under eminent domain,¡± Paul said. This prohibition of funds, if passed, would go a long way toward derailing this ill-conceived project and would send a clear message that further attempts to undermine U.S. sovereignty would not be unchallenged in Congress. It is long past time the United States House and Senate start taking our constitutional oversight roles seriously.¡± The Congressman concluded. The initial Security and Prosperity Partnership agreement was signed by President Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox and then-Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin in Waco, Texas, March 23, 2005. It established working groups, under the North American Free Trade Agreement office. Jerome Corsi brought attention to the SPP two years ago when he obtained SPP documents, under the freedom of information act, showing that a wide range of US administrative law is being re-written in stealth under a program to "integrate" and "harmonize" with administrative law in Mexico and Canada, just as has become commonplace within the EU. The documents contained references to upwards of 13 working groups within an entire organized infrastructure that has drawn from officials within most areas of administrative government including U.S. departments of State, Homeland Security, Commerce, Treasury, Agriculture, Transportation, Energy, Health and Human Services, and the office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Harper visits flood-ravaged N.B. communities Updated Fri. May. 2 2008 9:36 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff Prime Minister Stephen Harper suggested disaster relief is coming to flood-ravaged communities in New Brunswick. But he says government and aid workers first want to make sure they handle the immediate effects of the flooding. Harper made the comments as he surveyed the damage caused by massive flooding along the St. John River. He visited the hardest-hit regions of the province, where more about 600 people have left their homes due to flooding. About 800 people are without power. "A lot of houses are under. But at the same time, my sense is (that) -- even though I know people are always upset when they're out of their homes -- people seem to be handling it well. (There was) good anticipation by this province and various agencies that are on top of it -- our federal and provincial agencies have been cooperating very well, so we'll get through this, he said. "And then we'll get into all the business of the federal Emergency Act, and disaster relief, and that's in the weeks to come." Harper first visited the community of Maugerville. He then went to the Edmundston area in northern New Brunswick. The swollen St. John River appears to be slowly receding in Fredericton, but residents to the south of the provincial capital are preparing for even higher flood levels. Evacuations have taken place in Maugerville, Sheffield and Jemseg areas to the southeast of Fredericton. Power has been shut off for more than 750 people in flood-affected areas. That number includes dairy farmers struggling to care for their herds without electricity. Dairy farmers worked with military officials in a desperate effort to save the livelihood of one local family. The family had cattle knee-deep in water. Friday night, 46 cows were loaded on to a barge for a rescue that's believed to be the first of its kind. A power shutoff on Thursday prompted many to decide it was time to abandon ship and move to safety -- and others were told they had to leave. "Many residents were surprised they couldn't stay. I know a lot of them really, really wanted to. It's almost a rite of passage here -- you have to survive a flood in your home and there's a little bit of bravado in it as well," O'Halloran said. She noted that others were relieved to have help to get out safely. Most businesses and government buildings in the affected areas remained closed on Friday. In Fredericton, floodwaters are expected to diminish significantly over the weekend thanks to dry, sunny weather. According to emergency officials, water levels there are at about eight metres above sea level. They are expected to drop to 7.7 metres by Saturday. The City of Saint John began feeling the effects of heavy rain and snow melt in the north of the province on Thursday. Premier Shawn Graham has promised financial help to those who have been affected by the flood, and has said the funding will include a federal contribution. So far, Ottawa has provided equipment such as tents, heaters, off-road vehicles and an engineer barge. Crews from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Coast Guard have also been called out to help. With files from The Canadian Press Comments are now closed for this story Christy - All wet in Fredricton As a resident of Fredericton I am moved by the fact the Prime Minister cares so much about us. It warms my heart to have him come and look and I hope he will do something in the form of an aid package for us. My family has been hit hard, I glad the Prime Minister Cares, when you lose so much it matters a lot.