SPP

[bcholmes]

Saw a good film tonight about the SPP. Directed by the guy who filmed the famous footage of the provocateurs in Montabello.

The film starts with a handful of person-on-the-street interviews of the director asking people if they know what the SPP is. Of course, no one does. It amazes me how few people (Canadians and Americans) know about the SPP. The fact that our so-called media says nothing about it is disgraceful (someone recently quoted something that said "citizen journalists are almost as effective as citizen dentists." Unfortunately, professional journalists are almost as effective as professional tooth fairies.)

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[purpletigron]

What is the SPP?

[bcholmes]

The Security and Prosperity Partnership. It's like NAFTA on steroids.

Some of the ickiest things about the SPP is that, unlike the very public debate in Canada around the Free Trade agreement (which is one of the policies that led to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's vilification), the SPP isn't being put to parliament, the public is not being informed, and the media is choosing to say nothing on the topic. And yet its implications are as broad-reaching as Free Trade and NAFTA.