U.S. Chamber of Commerce's 4th Annual North America Forum
Remarks As Prepared for Delivery for U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman
Thank you very much, Ron, for that kind introduction and for the critically important work that you and your colleagues do at Lawrence Livermore. I also want to thank my good friend Secretary George Shultz - along with his esteemed co-chairs for this event, Peter Lougheed and Pedro Aspe, for inviting me to be with you. It's a pleasure to be here.
The way I see it, this event could not come at a better time. With its focus on enhancing cooperation among the United States, Canada and Mexico - and on bringing together representatives of our governments and the private sector - you are helping to develop and achieve real and lasting solutions to some of our world's most significant challenges. And when it comes to the global energy landscape, the challenges we face are certainly massive and pervasive. I don't need to remind you of where we stand.
Increasing global demand for energy, rising prices, a lack of adequate investment in new supply - which goes back several decades - along with harmful regulatory and policy environments around the world have coalesced into a global energy reality that is not sustainable. And, of course, producing enough affordable energy to meet demand is not our only challenge.
We also must confront global climate change and continue to look for ways to develop and use energy that are cleaner, more efficient and more sustainable.
This is our collective challenge: whether or not we have access to diverse, secure, clean, and affordable energy supplies is directly related to whether or not our economies will grow and our people will prosper, whether or not our industries will operate efficiently, whether or not our earth's climate will worsen or improve, and whether or not our people will be safe and secure. And what happens on this continent will be a major driver of the world's energy future.
North America is critical to determining the path forward for global energy development, delivery and consumption.
Globalism continued...
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Our Sovereignty Secretly at Risk
Biggest voter issue off media's radar? Canada's stealthy 'integration' with US.
By Mel Hurtig
Published: October 1, 2008
TheTyee.ca
In February 2003, the vice-president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, in Canadian Senate hearings, said that de facto integration of Canada with the United States was here already "whether many Canadians realize it or want to accept it" and, anyway, we don't need "duplicate systems of approval."
Got that? No need for duplicate systems of approval. I suppose there's no need for the House of Commons or provincial legislatures either. Let's just rubber-stamp American policies, standards and values.
Earlier, the continentalist Financial Post columnist Diane Francis said that "Canada is more integrated with the United States economically than any two European countries are."
The noted Canadian economist Richard Harris and the Carnegie Endowment long ago both said the same thing, back in 2002.
David O'Brien, chairman of the board of the Royal Bank of Canada, has said that Canada would have to adopt U.S. immigration policies.
We're going to lose increasingly our sovereignty, but it's necessarily so.
Patrick Daniels, president of Enbridge, hilariously complains that Canada pushes its sovereignty a little too far.
In June 2006, the North American Competitiveness Council (NACC), consisting of business leaders from each of the three NAFTA countries, was formed "to advise governments."
Toronto lawyer Paul Bigioni called it "an anti-democratic institution."
Secret summits
On the surface, the NACC appears to be an initiative of government. It is not. It was entirely conceived by the private sector. In 2003, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives launched a sales pitch designed to convince governments to pursue such business-friendly initiatives as "re-inventing" borders, regulatory convergence and energy integration. It is no coincidence that the NACC currently pursues the same objectives.
more...
Biggest voter issue off media's radar? Canada's stealthy 'integration' with US.
By Mel Hurtig
Published: October 1, 2008
TheTyee.ca
In February 2003, the vice-president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, in Canadian Senate hearings, said that de facto integration of Canada with the United States was here already "whether many Canadians realize it or want to accept it" and, anyway, we don't need "duplicate systems of approval."
Got that? No need for duplicate systems of approval. I suppose there's no need for the House of Commons or provincial legislatures either. Let's just rubber-stamp American policies, standards and values.
Earlier, the continentalist Financial Post columnist Diane Francis said that "Canada is more integrated with the United States economically than any two European countries are."
The noted Canadian economist Richard Harris and the Carnegie Endowment long ago both said the same thing, back in 2002.
David O'Brien, chairman of the board of the Royal Bank of Canada, has said that Canada would have to adopt U.S. immigration policies.
We're going to lose increasingly our sovereignty, but it's necessarily so.
Patrick Daniels, president of Enbridge, hilariously complains that Canada pushes its sovereignty a little too far.
In June 2006, the North American Competitiveness Council (NACC), consisting of business leaders from each of the three NAFTA countries, was formed "to advise governments."
Toronto lawyer Paul Bigioni called it "an anti-democratic institution."
Secret summits
On the surface, the NACC appears to be an initiative of government. It is not. It was entirely conceived by the private sector. In 2003, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives launched a sales pitch designed to convince governments to pursue such business-friendly initiatives as "re-inventing" borders, regulatory convergence and energy integration. It is no coincidence that the NACC currently pursues the same objectives.
more...
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