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Download any of these four resources that help cut through the spin and clutter around the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) - a “next generation” trade deal involving Canada, Mexico and the US. They also address what you can do and how to get more information.

The following fact sheets are available in English and French.

  • Free Trade at the Crossroads – What’s up with NAFTA, TILMA and other ‘free trade’ deals that Canada is currently promoting?
  • Integration by Stealth – Unpacking the secretive SPP
  • SPP and Petroleum - Uncovering the real purpose of the SPP in mobilizing Mexican and Canadian energy resources to enhance US ‘security’.
  • Alternatives to Free Trade: Thinking Outside the Box – This is what alternative trade and regional solidarity looks like!

Two formats: One is a conventional 4-page document suitable for printing on letter-sized paper. The other is formatted to be printed on both sides of an 11”X17” piece of paper which can be folded to create a 4 page booklet.

 - Download your Fact Sheets here - in English and en français

CUPE is an active member of Common Frontiers, a multi-sectoral working group on the social, environmental and economic effects of economic integration in the Americas. We work through a combination of research, analysis and action, in cooperation with labour, human rights, environmental, church, development and economic and social justice organizations.