What Is ASPAN And Why Do Mexicans Oppose It?
By Allan Wall
Why do a growing number of Americans oppose the SPP (Security and Prosperity Partnership), the three-country framework drawing the U.S., Canada and Mexico into a closer union?
They oppose it because the kind of continental integration it envisions threatens U.S. sovereignty and the primacy of our Constitution.
But if merging with Mexico and Canada would destroy American sovereignty, what would it do to the sovereignties of Canada and Mexico?
The interesting reality is that in both Canada and Mexico, there is also opposition to the SPP and related integration. Canadians and Mexicans also see it as a threat to their sovereignty! [For example, see Will Canada become the 51st state? The Security and Prosperity Partnership: what it’s all about and what it could mean for Canadians Kelly Patterson, Vancouver Sun, August 18, 2007]
The vast body of American cyber-literature on the topic almost completely ignores Mexican opposition to the SPP. In fact, I have seen some writers confidently state that there is no opposition to the SPP in Mexico.
But there is.
