Meanwhile, the corporate takeover of the entire North American continent.

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NAFTA was a significant stage in the corporate take-over sold to us on the benefits of “free trade.” The Security and Prosperity Partnership, sometimes called NAFTA-plus, is more than a trade agreement—it creates a hidden, undemocratic parallel governing structure of corporate, financial and government elites making decisions that impact our lives, shape the economy and transform the political order with devastating consequences for the environment and our civil liberties.

This article is at:
http://www.populist.com/08.8.caplan.html

Fact sheets, maps and additonal info at:
http://www.thealliancefordemocracy.org/html/eng/2378-AA.shtml

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. This is news?

[soothsayer]

2. We haven't been sovereign since the national security act of 1947 or

whenever the hell the cia was created. Democracy here in the US is an illusion we all cling to.

[SteinbachMB]

3. NAFTA

...has been good for Canada. All political parties here worth their salt, support it. It's not perfect, but overall, it's a good deal.