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Originally Posted by jammies
There is no such research, you'll be waiting forever. HHH has already admitted that the details of this "plan" are formless speculation, so I guess that question is closed.
So what this comes down now is this: on the one hand, you can worry about the shadowy conspirators behind the undemocratic NAU despite it being about as likely as my date with Christina Ricci; on the other hand you can have a beer. I know which one I'm going for.
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From Vision to Action: Institutions to Guide
Trinational Relations
Effective progress will require new institutional structures and arrange-
ments to drive the agenda and manage the deeper relationships that result.
Canada, the United States, and Mexico already share a rich network
of institutional links. A recent Canadian government study identified 343 formal treaties and thousands of informal arrangements or ‘‘light
institutions’’ with the United States alone. Mexico has more than 200
formal treaties and agreements with the United States. There are many
fewer arrangements between Canada and Mexico, but the network of
contacts is still substantial and growing.
What is needed now is a limited number of new institutions to
provide existing arrangements with greater energy and direction. To
this end, the Task Force recommends the following institutional
changes, which complement each other:
An annual North American summit meeting. There is no
more succinct or forceful way to demonstrate to the people of all
three countries the importance of the North American partnership
than to have the Mexican and American presidents and the Canadian
prime minister meet at least once a year.
• Strengthen government structures. To ensure that the summit
meetings achieve their full potential, each government must take
steps to reinforce the ability of its internal structures to deal effectively
and imaginatively with North American issues. Steps should include
strengthening links between governments, as the three leaders did
at their March meeting in Texas, by establishing minister-led working
groups that will be required to report back within ninety days, and
to meet regularly.
• A North American Advisory Council. To ensure a regular
injection of creative energy into the various efforts related to North
American integration, the three governments should appoint an
independent body of advisers. This body should be composed of
eminent persons from outside government, appointed to staggered
multiyear terms to ensure their independence. Their mandate would
be to engage in creative exploration of new ideas from a North
American perspective and to provide a public voice for North
America. A complementary approach would be to establish private
bodies that would meet regularly or annually to buttress North
American relationships, along the lines of the Bilderberg or Wehr-
kunde conferences, organized to support transatlantic relations.
• A North American Inter-Parliamentary Group. The U.S.
Congress plays a key role in American policy toward Canada and
Mexico, and conducts annual meetings with counterparts in Mexico
and in Canada. There is currently no North American program.
Bilateral inter-parliamentary exchanges can suffer from limited partic-
ipation, especially by the most influential legislators. The Task Force
recommends that the bilateral meetings occur every other year and
that the three North American partners form a trinational inter-
parliamentary group to meet in the alternating year. The North
American Advisory Council could provide an agenda and support
for these meetings. To engage senior members of the parliaments,
cabinet members could participate when the agenda matched their
area of responsibility.
http://www.cfr.org/content/publicati...a_TF_final.pdf
I will say there is some encouraging pieces in that report, including a bit about protecting national sovereignty and a more market oriented relationship as opposed to an overly bureaucratic union such as the EU.
That said, an integrated relationship that shares our resources and environmental policies should be something that worries a lot of people. Especially resources. A deepened economic structure could mean US private corporations owning our water. Not good.
Continue to dispel as you must..
