The tour, which will visit 33 cities across Canada, will be launched with an Ottawa Premiere on Parliament Hill on October 1st. hosted by NDP International Trade Critic, Peter Julian.
The Ottawa screening will be followed by a panel discussion and Q & A, featuring, Peter Julian, Teresa Healy (Senior Researcher, Canadian Labour Congress), Bruce Campbell (Executive Director, Canadian Council for Policy Alternatives), Maude Barlow (Chairperson, Council of Canadians), Louise Casselman (Common Frontiers) and myself. The screening and panel will be streamed live by Rabble.ca, they have set up a promo page.
From Ottawa, I will be working my way east to Newfoundland and then back across Canada to British Columbia. You can see all the tour dates on the film website.
There are number of communities I was invited to but could not fit into the schedule. If you live in a community I am not visiting and would like to host a screening without me, please do so. Get in touch and I will set you up with a copy of the film and promotional materials.
Many of you are aware that the SPP is officially no longer an active initiative of the three NAFTA governments. This is a victory! This secretive, anti-demomcratic process became too politically poisonous for almost any politician to openly embrace.
But this is not the end of the corporate integrationist agenda that spawned the SPP. If you believe that the SPP agenda is dead, one of it's architects, Thomas d'Aquino, who heads the Canadian Council of Chief Executives will tell you you’re “dreaming in Technicolor.” The name is gone but the corporate agenda lives on. Check out the article I posted on the youmespp website and follow the links.
The corporate giants and right wing think tanks are working on SPP 2.0 and we need to be prepared. Education is key and that’s why I made 'You, Me and the SPP' and why I’m doing this tour. Please help spread the word to your contacts across Canada.
I hope to see you on tour!
Cheers
Paul Manly
paul@manlymedia.com
250 729-1254
