North American Union

I am currently enrolled in a speech class and I was looking for a speech topic until my dad told about an issue. So I did lots of research and I am no expert but I wan to share some of the facts that I came across. The idea of North American Union which would be like the European Union but for the US, Canada, and Mexico. The very idea when you talk to people is yeah right that will never happen. The idea of this every happening just sound so stupid and unrealistic that peopel don't want to believe that this could happen. Let me just tell you that it can happen. The council of Foriegn relations created a document called "Building a North American Community" and this document was created by members the US, Canada, and Mexico. In there is a very scary paragraph. I will sum this up for you. In the year 2010, there should be agreements with the US and Canada to open the borders to let the free flow of skilled labor travel and work where they want to help boost the economy and create a better and more competitive market. It then goes on to say that soon after this has happened the borders between Mexico, Canada, and the US should be opened only after the wage difference has Diminished. The last sentence is almost word for word. To me I was thinking ok so Mexico's wages would go up to make it about the same as ours here in the US, and that could be a great thing for Mexico. Then after talking to some people I got a different view. What if the word diminished ment that our wages had to lower to match Mexico's wages? Hmmm very interesting now isn't it. Doesn't this just sound like a bad idea so far. That sounds like our style of living would change and possibly do a couple of things, lower our economy, and possibly turn us from a first world country to a third world country. There is other things going on like the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) superhighways that are being created. There are going to be major toll roads going straight from the border of the US and Mexico straight up to Canada. All this ofcourse will be wide open. No inspections of Mexican trucks to make sure they are up to the US standards. The what about inspections of cargo. If we cannot check all the shipping containers here into the US, how can we check the trucks. Or what about thism, Kansas City being a port city, mostly funded by China. China is paying for construction of a port in Mexico which will take packages straight up to Kansas City. Now here is the crazy thing. Supposedly there is going to be or is a piece of Mexican sovern land on that property in Kansas. That doesn't make sense now does it. These are just the bigger issues I have found or researched. I am posting this not to make you believe something but to make you want to research this topic. The scary thing is that the SPP (Security and Prosperity Partnership) which was created to make sure that the steps to making a North American Community are taking place reports that they are not here to make a European Union type place. This issue is so under the radar and not talked about that people don't know what is going on and will not know what is going on until it finally happens. I would encourage every to read up on this issue. I would encourage you all not to just read the information that I got an just believe it or just shrug it off. I encourage you all to go and research and make your own decisions. I do have to say sorry that I did not go in to such great detail as you could seriously write for pages and pages so I thougt I would some up som of the information a lot. I will post back again here some time with a lot more information. If you have any questions or comments I would love to see if I can answer them for you.

Here are some links for you to follow.

Eagle Forum - eagleforum.org - A little bias to the issue that this is going to happen, but you will get a lot of information. I encourage you to look at this site and cross reference the topics. For the most part my research has shown that their claims do match those of other sites.
Council of Foreign Relations - cfr.org - do a search for North American Commnity and the document that I got should come up.
Secruity and Prosperity Partnership - spp.gov - look around and see what they actually do. From other things I have read, the spp site does not give you all the facts that they have. The leave out some information to get you to think it is ok.