Original source URL: http://www.straightgoods.ca/ViewFeature7.cfm?REF=432 Harper's sad and secret spectacle at Montebello Government makes protest impossible, then disses it Dateline: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 by Ish Theilheimer Prime Minister Stephen Harper is playing with the big boys now, and he is enjoying it. This week Canada's minority PM hosted presidents George W. Bush of the USA and Felipe Calderon of Mexico, two right-wing national leaders of dubious legitimacy, since both appear likely to have benefited from massive election fraud to get themselves into power. Bush is being buried, on his way out of power, by scandals, scullduggery, the Iraq debacle and a failing economy. To these men, Canada's leader has hitched his wagon. And with these men and legions of top corporate types and seniors managers, Stephen Harper gathered in a symbol of Canadian fortitude, the Chateau Montebello ‹ the world's largest log building ‹ to plot the undoing of Canada. I always thought "integration" was a positive word, as are "security," "prosperity" and "partnership." The affair in the log palace, however, outdoes George Orwell in turning language upside down. The SPP is so unpopular that Harper and Bush won't submit it to the legislative process. The integration our "elected" leaders plan has nothing to do with the kind of "integration" Martin Luther King advocated. Instead, it's about something much less appealing, the idea that € our Canadian laws must conform with their American laws € we will only let in people they will let in € our military will be led by their military € our energy is their energy, and that € any laws that hurt the corporations' ability to earn profits must be struck down. All of these ideas ‹ and more ‹ are involved in the Security and Prosperity Partnership. The SPP is so unpopular that Harper and Bush won't submit it to the legislative process. Instead, they present it as a "discussion" where top "corpocrats," soldiers, spooks and bureaucrats work out secret deals they never intend to submit to elected representatives. The average news consumer can be forgiven for getting the impression, though, that the Montebello summit was about making toys safe and getting tourists across the border quickly. The final communiquée from the conference emphasized an agreement to crack down on the import of unsafe goods, especially toys. Our sister publication HarperIndex.ca published a story about how on Monday, August 20th, a Youtube video captured a chilling scene. Protestor Dave Coles, the president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers of Canada, was shoved around by three agitators who appeared to be police agents as he attempted to maintain order and safety. Screenshots from a Youtube video showing what appear to be agents provocateurs attempting to disrupt peaceful protest at the Montebello protest. [images in original] Later in the day, in a possibly-related and suspicious incident, Canadian Press reported that a video camera operator had been assaulted while running the "ProtestCam" camera that provided a video feed to the conference inside the Chateau Montebello. Protest organizers say it is possible this incident was linked to police provocation. Canada's minority Prime Minister is a master of spin and control. While making plans, in the name of his oil-industry and military establishment backers, to sell out Canada's interests, he barricades himself into the log chateau and tells us he's talking about safer toys. His government does everything possible to make protest impossible, then tells the world he finds the protest itself "sad". What most Canadians find sad is the secret spectacle of selling out Canadian interests and placing Canadians under US domain in every important regard without even a vote on it. Straight Goods has been informing our readers about the SPP for several months now. Here are links to some of our earlier stories: "Three Amigos" to meet in Montebello, by Linda McQuaig Missing the story on deep integration: the Security and Prosperity Partnership is the most important treaty you'll never read about, by Meera Karunananthan Tracking the SPP, by Brian Adeba Homeland Security knows what you're eating, by Stuart Trew The plan to disappear Canada, by Murray Dobbin Health care is not broken, by Paul Chislett Corporate- rights deal to make us all April fools, by Murray Dobbin Left out in the cold, by Gordon Laxer Related addresses: eMail 1: •••@••.••• URL 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=St1-WTc1kow# © Straight Goods, 2000-2007. 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