Posted by admin on Aug 26th, 2007
Probe required into police tactics
EDITORIAL Toronto Star Aug 25, 2007 04:30 AM
When Prime Minister Stephen Harper was asked Monday whether he was concerned about protesters outside a summit of North American leaders in Montebello, Que., he replied with a smile: “I’ve heard it’s nothing. A couple hundred? It’s sad.” Harper was right about the protest being “sad,” not because of its size, but due to the international controversy that has arisen after it was revealed that undercover Quebec provincial police officers had posed as protesters during the demonstration. Quebec police officials have admitted the officers were involved in the protest. The question now is whether they tried to provoke protesters to commit violence.
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Posted by admin on Aug 18th, 2007
KELLY PATTERSON CanWest News Service Saturday, August 18, 2007
Wide-ranging proposals for the two-year-old North American Security and Prosperity Partnership would more closely bind Canada, the United States and Mexico – and have sparked controversy and suspicion from those outside the process. Their concerns will be at the heart of much of the discussion at the Three Amigos summit at Montebello on Monday and Tuesday.
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Posted by admin on Aug 18th, 2007
On August 20th Bush, Harper, and Calderon are meeting in Montebello, Quebec at a SPP Summit. Join us in rejecting the agenda of the SPP on this continental day of action!
IN VANCOUVER:
* 3 pm at Canada Place: Meet at Waterfront Station entrance on Howe Street, corner Cordova.
* 5 pm at Burrard Skytrain Station: Meet in open park area just north of Skytrain entrance on Burrard Street, corner Dunsmuir. [for those unable to make it earlier]
* This march will later converge with the antiwar/anti spp demo being organized at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Info: email scrapspp@gmail.com or call 778 885 0040
Posted by admin on Aug 16th, 2007
JENNIFER DITCHBURN, Canadian Press
August 16, 2007 at 4:56 PM EDT
OTTAWA — While the United States Congress turns up its nose at immigration reform, Canada is poised to start negotiations that would bring even more Mexican workers into this country. An agreement to strike a commission into increased labour mobility is expected to be among the key accomplishments connected with next week’s summit of North American leaders in Montebello, Que.
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Posted by admin on Aug 15th, 2007
We believe that the SPP is a continuation of ongoing capitalist and colonial policies- including that of the Canadian government’s- and will bring greater insecurity and misery: murderous wars and occupations abroad; border militarization; increased detentions and deportations; attacks on indigenous peoples, the poor, migrants, and working people; ecological destruction; and mega-projects in the service of corporate
greed. Therefore we demand that the Security and Prosperity Partnership Agreement be scrapped immediately!
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