Security & Prosperity Partnership

Many of the talks that took place between Mexico, Canada, and the US occurred under former President George W. Bush. In fact he was the forerunner of the Security and Prosperity Partnership. The first meeting took place at Baylor University at Waco, Texas on March 23, 2005; while the last mention of the SPP came during Bush's state of the union address in 2008.

Today, trilateral talks seem to have halted as a result of the Bush-Obama transition. However with security, defense, trade and competitiveness growing amongst the world it's time to re-tool the very make up of the SPP. Canada's Frasier institute has suggested a re-branding approach to make the SPP/NAU more "friendly" to the public by changing it to the 'North American Standards And Regulatory Area (NASRA). This re-branding would then be used to disguise its true purpose by integrating global warming, food safety issues, disease and climate issues to keep the public's eyes off the true agenda of the "North American Union".

This blog is designed to give readers insights on the soon to be implemented Security & Prosperity Partnership (SPP). For those that don't know what this is, it involves region-level dialogue between the United States, Mexico and Canada with the stated purpose of providing greater cooperation on security and economic issues. The Partnership was founded in Waco, Texas on March 23, 2005 by the Prime Minister of Canada, Paul Martin, The President of Mexico, Vicente Fox, and the former President of the United States, George W. Bush.

One may ask, "well, why does this matter to me?" One reason why this partnership is important is because it has helped launch the North American Competitiveness Council (NAAC). This group is composed of representatives from thirty giant North American companies, including General Electric, Ford Motors, General Motors and Wal-Mart. This group believes that "private sector involvement" is a key step in North America's competitive position in global markets.

The (SPP) seeks to integrate the three nations into a single political, economic, and security bloc. By doing this, is it possible that a North American Union is quickly approaching?