Proposals to further integrate the ...

Proposals to further integrate the Canadian economy with the United States is not a big idea, says the Canadian Labour Congres It is a bad idea. It is seen as promot by means of big business to gain freer access to the U market at the price of an independent Canada with a different social design and different foreign policies. Prepared subject of speech to the 72 annual Couchiching Couchiching conversation Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs conversation Geneva Park, Ontario, August 8 2003

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The "deep integration" or NAFTA-plus agenda--the so-called "big idea"--is gathering force.

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