As early as January of 2005, high-ranking officials were discussing the best way to sell the idea of North American “integration” to the public and policymakers while getting around national constitutions. The prospect of creating a monetary unit to replace national currencies was a hot topic as well.

Some details of the schemes were exposed in a secret 2005 U.S. embassy cable from Ottawa signed by then-Ambassador Paul Cellucci. The document was released by WikiLeaks on April 28. But so far, it has barely attracted any attention in the United States, Canada, or Mexico beyond a few mentions in some liberty-minded Internet forums.

Numerous topics are discussed in the leaked document — borders, currency, labor, regulation, and more. How to push the integration agenda features particularly prominently.

Under the subject line “Placing a new North American Initiative in its economic policy context,” American diplomatic personnel in Canada said they believed an “incremental” path toward North American integration would probably gain the most support from policymakers. Apparently Canadian economists agreed.

The cable also touts the supposed benefits of merging the three countries and even mentions what elements to “stress” in future “efforts to promote further integration.” It lists what it claims is a summary of the “consensus” among Canadian economists about the issues, too.

Merging the United States, Canada, and Mexico

Integration is a little-used term employed mainly by policy wonks. But while it may sound relatively harmless, it generally describes a very serious phenomenon when used in a geopolitical context — the gradual merging of separate countries under a regional authority.

Similar processes are already well underway in Europe, Africa, and South America. And according to critics, the results — essentially abolishing national sovereignty in favor of supranational, unaccountable governance — have been an unmitigated disaster. But the U.S. government doesn’t think so.

In North America, integration has been proceeding rapidly for years. The New American magazine was among the first to report on the efforts to erect what critics have called a “North American Union,” encompassing Canada, the United States, and Mexico. But more recently, the topic has received more attention.

After the creation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)  — similar in many ways to the European Common Market that preceded the political union in Europe — the integration scheme has only accelerated. And the bipartisan efforts have been going on for years.

Under President George W. Bush, integration occurred through the little-known “Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America.” And with the Obama administration, the process,  now virtually out in the open, is only accelerating.

Back in 2005, the cable released recently by WikiLeaks explained how it would be done. And looking back, the document was right on the mark.

Moving Forward

The best way forward, according to the cable, is via gradual steps. “An incremental and pragmatic package of tasks for a new North American Initiative (NAI) will likely gain the most support among Canadian policymakers,” the cable states in its summary.

“Our research  leads us to conclude that such a package should tackle both ‘security’ and ‘prosperity’ goals,” the document claims, using the two key words that have been emphasized at every step along the way. “This fits the recommendations of Canadian economists who have assessed the options for continental integration.”

Toward the end, the cable offers more advice on how to advance the integration agenda by tailoring the narrative. “When advocating [the North American Initiative to integrate the three countries], it would be better to highlight specific gains to individual firms, industries or travelers, and especially consumers,” the cable states, noting that it’s harder to “estimate the benefits” on a national or continental scale.

Unsubstantiated Claims

In a section headlined “North American Integration: What We Know,” the cable offers nothing but praise for the merging of the continent’s once-sovereign nations that had already been achieved.

“Past integration (not just NAFTA but also many bilateral and unilateral steps) has increased trade, economic growth, and productivity,” it claims, despite the fact that countless economists disagree. Of course, true free-trade advocates also correctly point out that the thousands of pages of regulations making up the agreements should hardly be considered examples of genuine free trade.

So-called “security,” the other big integration selling point, is featured prominently in the document as well. “A stronger continental ‘security perimeter’ can strengthen economic performance,“ the cable states. “It could also facilitate future steps toward trilateral economic integration, such as a common external tariff or a customs union.”

And law enforcement “cooperation” is good too, the embassy and the U.S. ambassador claim matter-of-factly.

“Cooperative measures on the ‘security’ side, a critical focus of current bilateral efforts, can deliver substantial, early, and widespread economic benefits,” the cable alleges, offering no evidence to substantiate the assertions.

“Security and law enforcement within North America have evolved rapidly since 9/11,” it continues. “Collaboration to improve these processes could yield efficiency improvements which would automatically be spread widely across the economy, leading to general gains in trade, productivity, and incomes.”  

The Alleged “Consensus”

According to the document, “many” economists agree with the scheme. The cable says they support the principle of “more ambitious integration goals” such as a customs union, a single market, and even a continental currency to replace the dollar. On top of that, they supposedly believe such a union should involve all three major North American countries — the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

The cable cautions, however, that “most” of the economists believe the gradual approach is “most appropriate” — for now, at least. And all of them apparently agree that such an approach “helps pave the way to these goals if and when North Americans choose to pursue them.”

The embassy cable also included a summary of what it calls the “professional consensus” among Canadian economists on various issues related to integration.

“At this time, an ‘incremental’ approach to integration is probably better than a ‘big deal’ approach,” the document states under the “process” subheading, supposedly referring to the economists’ opinions. “However, governments should focus on choosing their objectives, and not on choosing a process.”

Next in the cable is the question of “border vs. perimeter,” as the formerly secret document puts it. “Even with zero tariffs, our land borders have strong commercial effects,” the embassy said. However, “some” of the effects — such as law enforcement and “data gathering” — are described as “positive.”

“Canada and the United States already share a security perimeter to some degree; it is just a question of how strong we want to make it,” the 2005 document notes. Apparently Canadians’ main reason for seeking a perimeter approach to security and borders, as opposed to a border between the two nations, is to avoid the “risk” that “discretionary” U.S. decisions to stop terror or disease might impede commerce. And evidently, the nations’ rulers did decide to make the perimeter stronger.

As The New American reported in February, U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper met in Washington, D.C., to hammer out a deal on solidifying the common “perimeter” around the two countries. Also part of the agreement, which conspicuously bypassed both countries’ legislatures, was a diminished role for the nations’ shared border. The development of a biometric system to track North Americans was agreed to as well, as were numerous other controversial measures.

In terms of labor markets, the so-called “consensus” among the unidentified Canadian economists is also — surprise! — the pursuit of even more integration. “Many Canadian economists point to labor markets — both within and among countries — as the factor market [sic] where more liberalization would deliver the greatest economic benefits for all three countries,” the document states.

Next, the cable release by WikiLeaks highlights another startling proposition about how to achieve an end-run around the Canadian Constitution. “Inter-provincial differences [in regulation] are important here, since Canada's federal government does not have the benefit of a U.S.-style ‘interstate commerce’ clause,” the document states. “While much of the problem is domestic in nature, an international initiative could help to catalyze change.”

Yes, the U.S. embassy referred to the wildly abused and misapplied “commerce clause” as a “benefit” that Canada lacks. And it actually suggested, hiding behind unnamed “economists,” that the constitutional “problem” could be minimized by foisting an “international initiative” on the Canadian people.    

The cable also claims the “economists” support a customs union, a feature developed in the European Union once the integration process was well established. “A common external tariff, or a customs union which eliminated NAFTA's rules of origin (ROO), is economically desirable,” it states.

And finally, the document summarizes the “consensus” on the subject of a currency union. It said the supposed economists were “split” on the issues of returning to fixed exchange rates or even abolishing Canada’s fiat dollar and replacing it with American Federal Reserve fiat currency.

The cable gives the final word on the topic of a currency union to the Canadian central bank boss. He is quoted as saying that "monetary union is an issue that should be considered once we have made more progress towards establishing a single market."

Secrets, Backers

The scheme to merge North America into a political unit with its own legislature and currency is largely the brainchild of the world government-promoting Council on Foreign Relations. But though documents leaked earlier this year revealed that governments were trying to keep the process under wraps, integration is now proceeding out in the open for the most part.

Where the campaign will eventually end remains to be seen. But if North American Union advocates get their way, the U.S. Constitution and its Mexican and Canadian counterparts could soon be rendered irrelevant. After that, plugging the regional units into a global system would be a relatively simple matter, critics and supporters both argue.

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Pat Riot said:

... People should watch "The Omega Code 2" It is a Bible-based film about the rise of the Anti-Christ and his establishment of a world dictatorship after the all the countries of the world are merged into regions. The good thing for Christians, no matter how much persecution we may endure, is that we already know how this ends

May 03, 2011

T.J. said:

Criminals in the WH Just in case anybody needed any more evidence that our rules are nothing but big-time criminals, here you go!

May 03, 2011

AntiNorthAmerican said:

... Has anyone ever met a "North American" who supported this? I know I haven't.... I suspect they'll have to wait for an economic collapse to sell this evil obamanation to the people.

May 03, 2011

NO AMERO AND NO NORTH AMERICAN UNION said:

WikiLeaks Exposes North American Integration Plot JUST SAY NO. JUST FIRE the lawyers,judges,politicians,and sheriffs. DON'T let anyone get too comfortable at their jobs. Don't let them come back AKA MOONBEAM. Stop supporting anything that gives the city,state, and county money. SAY NO TO EVERY INITIATIVE. SAY NO TO NEW TAXES AND BONDS. THE WORLD WILL NOT END BECAUSE OF THAT. DON't be decieved. We all need to go homeless and they can TAX that. Don't buy that fancy car or house. Stop buying all the crap you don't really need. Don't work to buy crap. Work to eat and save some for food,guns, and ammo. They are coming to steal from you every freedom you have now short of sexual freedom. DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS are doing the DEVIL'S WORK.

May 03, 2011

LOL said:

Now what? Looks like the conspiracy "theorists" and New American and Ron Paul have been proven correct once more while the establishment liars who denied this were caught lying once again. The question now is what we plan to do about this?

May 04, 2011

Justice12 said:

Nothing to do with race This has absolutely nothing to do with race and everything to do with ending nations and individual freedom and building a world government in small steps.

May 04, 2011

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ConCat said:

Smacks of TREASON This outrageus North American Union scandal sure smacks of treason to me. Where do these people think they get the authority to merge our country with other countries? We need some investigations and prosecutions here and also of all those liars in government who assured that this wasn't happening!

May 05, 2011

Justice12 said:

... Denko & Fritz are plants here to distract from the real issues, muddy the waters, associate opposition to losing sovereignty with racism and confuse everyone. Don't fall for it. The evil Insiders know if they can associate something with racism like legitimate opposition to the Usurper-in-Chief or unlimited immigration and open borders then they can marginalize their opponents. Don't fall for it people. These guys are working for somebody. Again this NAU has absolutely NOTHING to do with race and everything to do with constructing a world government and a New World Order. America is not a "white" country and Mexico is not a "brown" country.

May 05, 2011

Justice12 said:

No NWO? No such thing as a New World Order? I wonder what Mr. Bush and Mr. Clinton and Mr. Kissinger and Mr. Brown and all of those others were talking about then? Perhaps you can explain? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNNz4GH8GIg

May 05, 2011

KLP1 said:

The real issue The real point here we need to focus on is what we are going to do about this. I've already sent this to my Congressmen and some newspapers but this is an extremely serious issue that needs to be addressed. Presidents do not have authority to make these sorts of arrangements and even if the Senate consented I would still say the government does not have power to do this. We need to start figuring out how we're going to stop this before it gets any farther along and we need to have prosecutions of the people responsible for this.

May 05, 2011

Charles Thompson said:

... You can kiss your individual God given rights listed in the Constitution goodbye if this is allowed to keep going.. I just sent this article to my congressloser, not that it will make a difference but its worth a shot.

May 05, 2011

Z Zapper said:

... Time for trials! Traitors should be brought to justice and if overthrowing the Constitutional government by deception isn't treason I can't imagine what is.

May 06, 2011

IllMatic said:

The News? What I want to know is how come this is not on every tv news and the front page of every newspaper in the country. I'm starting to think more that our media is not trustworthy.

May 07, 2011

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Serf said:

... As far as "Freedom" is concerned, what IS "Freedom"? We talk about it all the time, but nobody can tell anyone else what "Freedom" is. Is it the right to fly the flag? Is it the right to "vote" every once in awhile? Just singing "The Star Spangled Banner", "O Canada", or whatever Mexico's anthem may feel good, but it is not "Freedom". Is "Freedom" the right to earn as much money as you can, or the right to be as poor as a church mouse, depending on "your own efforts"? Americans and Canadians, especially, need to find out what "Freedom" is -- because they do NOT have "Freedom" now, and haven't had "Freedom" for a lonnnng time. The Mexicans have never have any real "Freedom". But all three countries have had the right to join the army, navy and air force of their respective nations, and to die in service of whatever it is that their nations put them in Harm's Way to accomplish. Hey! Maybe DYING is "Freedom" -- after all your "death taxes" are paid by your kids and estate! YEAH! I guess Dying is something worth living for! ;o)

May 08, 2011

Serf said:

... HOW CAN WE COMPETE with a Chinese or Indian or some *other* "third-worlder" works for pennies compared with North Americans? Well, WE CAN'T. So, what will the Powers-That-Be do to MAKE the new "integrated North America" competitive? The first thing to do is to "collapse" the U.S. currency; that's what's going on now. It's not that the price of everything is going up -- it's that the VALUE of the dollar is going DOWN. Think this way: how many hours of work did you have to perform 5 years ago to buy a gallon of gas or a roast-of-beef dinner? The Federal Reserve Corporation prints more and more PAPER money. What backs-up that "paper money"? Gold? Used to, but not anymore. No, it's the GDP (Gross Domestic Product). What is that? It's kind of like "oil futures" -- it's a projection of *future* wealth and output of goods and services, RELATIVE to those of other nations. There ARE gold reserves held, but gold would have to be worth about $8,000 an OUNCE for it to be used as "money". We don't have enough of it (but China and Russia have LOTS). Canada has almost NONE, even though it produces a big portion of the world supply each year. Why? Because the Canadians SOLD all their supply of gold to get U.S. paper dollars, basically. What happens when you have one pie, and then some neighbors "drop over" after supper? Well, you have to share the pie with them, so everyone gets a smaller piece. Nowadays, our country has put us in the position that *many* people are "dropping over" to share our dessert, and our personal piece of the pie is so thin, you can see through it. Get used to it -- and start saving for a microscope to be able to see your "piece of pie" in the near future.

May 08, 2011

Xtremo said:

... Hard to play devils advocate on this one. This is monstrous. No excuse for this kind of treason.

May 09, 2011

terry the censor said:

The cable gives the cherry-picked non-final word > The cable gives the final word on the topic of a currency union to the Canadian central bank boss. He is quoted as saying that "monetary union is an issue that should be considered once we have made more progress towards establishing a single market." Absolutely false. The quote is by David Dodge, Canada's central banker, speaking at a conference in 2003. He started his talk this way: "let me make it clear that I am not here as an advocate for greater North American integration. This is very much a political decision for Canadians and their elected governments." Later: "Once again, I am here as an economist. So I will leave the political questions aside and focus instead on the factors that I see as relevant in the context of pursuing fuller economic integration." Dodge was participating in a "what if?" discussion. He was addressing technical matters that needed to be addressed IF governments chose to further integrate their economies. See especially the section "Economic Integration and Monetary Union" at the link below where Dodge uses "if" and "suppose" in italics to emphasise the hypothetical nature of his speech. http://www.bankofcanada.ca/2003/08/speeches/economic-integration-north-america-2/ It is a flat out lie for anyone to claim Dodge's remarks were the "final word" -- a clear contradiction of what Dodge himself said.

May 09, 2011

Jerry The Censor Smasher said:

LOL Terry Why didn't you just read the cable before making embarrassing ?yourself Terry? After reading your comment I decided to do so myself and here is the direct quote from the cable about currency union: CURRENCY UNION: Canadian economists are split on whether a return to a fixed exchange rate, or adopting the U.S. dollar, would benefit Canada in current circumstances. (Canada last tied its dollar to the U.S. dollar from 1962 to 1970). The central bank governor has taken the position that "monetary union is an issue that should be considered once we have made more progress towards establishing a single market." Therefore, the cable does give the final word on the topic of a currency union to the central bank chief and he is quoted exactly as the article says he is quoted. The article obviously didn't say "the" final on currency union belonged to the central bankster, it just said the cable gave the final word on currency union to the bankster, which it did. LOL Terry Once the US dollar is worthless except to keep warm as fire kindling, currency union might sound more attractive WHat we should really do though is go back to gold and silver for money.

May 10, 2011

George Daly said:

... "Exposes" is the wrong word for this headline. "Reminds Us About" is better. We know this is going on. It's not a plot so much as a power play. We know, have known for decades, the business class has a plan for the world, i.e., no more nations, just corporations and one world government. Democracy, democratic process is just a soother for the citizens... it's a big charade. Watch the movie "Blade Runner" again to see what this 'Brave New World' might look like. =)

May 10, 2011

Canadian Wanderer said:

Money, money, money And now we know where the money came from. The US tax base for sure, with funds directed to Canada for their submission to the causes that will meet their goals. http://cdn-BeforeIDie.blogspot.com Starting to all add up, and we the citizens of all these countries will be the most seriously affected.

May 10, 2011