Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Monday, April 02, 2012

Three Amigos: Harper, Obama, Calderon Meet At White House In Advance Of Summit Of Americas

WASHINGTON - Stephen Harper got another expression of interest but hasn't yet received a formal invitation to join a new free-trade group of Pacific Rim countries.

The prime minister sat down for three hours today at the White House with President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon, and the three leaders emerged singing a song of trilateral harmony.

But the jewel coveted by the Harper Conservatives — a seat at the fledgling Trans-Pacific Partnership — remained elusive.

Obama effectively repeated his coy response from last November: that the United States welcomes Canada's interest in joining.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a proposed tariff-free zone that would include 500 million consumers from nine countries, including Australia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore and Chile.

But Canada's system of supply management in eggs and dairy products is seen as a stumbling block to participation in the new free-trade zone.

Original Article
Source: Huff
Author: Canadian Press
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