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Closed-door talks focusing on our water supply

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Maude Barlow, The Calgary Herald
April 26, 2007

This month, one of our biggest fears about the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America was confirmed.

The leaked document of a prominent Washington-based think-tank obtained by the Council of Canadians revealed that government officials and business leaders from Canada, Mexico and the United States are scheduled to discuss bulk water exports in a closed-door meeting in Calgary on Friday. This would be part of a larger discussion on North American integration.

Titled the North American Future 2025 Project, the initiative is led by the U.S.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Conference Board of Canada and the Mexican Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE).

The project envisions a joint security perimeter, a continental resource pact (read energy and water) and explicitly calls for trilateral co-ordination of energy policy — all within the context of North American integration.

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