Greens Glad SPP is Dead

OTTAWA--The Green Party of Canada's call to bring an end to the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) has finally been heeded, with the official U.S. government SPP website declaring that the pact "is no longer an active initiative," said Green Leader Elizabeth May, "The SPP was neither about real security, real prosperity, nor was it a partnership.  As the only party calling for the initiative to be scrapped, we applaud the move to shelve the SPP."

Massive public outcry to the SPP's proposed 'deep integration' model has succeeded in communicating to government leaders that citizens are firmly against having the interests of large corporations placed above that of families and communities.

A joint statement from Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Mexican President Filipe Calderon, and US President Barack Obama promises public consultation in their stated goal to "help our societies thrive in the challenging, competitive, and promising century ahead." The Green Party of Canada knows that this goal can be achieved through dramatically increasing investment in clean energy networks, public transportation, affordable and energy-efficient housing and local food networks as the foundation of a strong economy.

"The economy must work for the people, not the other way around," said Jacqueline Romanow, International Trade Critic for the Greens.  "Healthy communities, families and environments must be the foremost priority and everything else will flow from there.  Past trade agreements have led to more inequality, poor environmental standards, and threats to social policies.  Our government can and should do better."

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