Marie Michael Library

Title

You, Me and the SPP: Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule

Length

91 min.

File No

947

Format

DVD

Description

This documentary exposes the corporatist agenda that is undermining the democratic authority of the citizens of North America. The Security Prosperity Partnership (SPP) and the Trade Investment Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) are reducing standards and systems put in place through the democratic process. Supporters of the SPP and TILMA say that they are needed to keep trade flowing. Opponents say these agreements undermine the democratic authority of citizens and threaten the sovereignty of Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

St. Francis Xavier University and Coady Institute stand on the lands of Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded home of the Mi’kmaw. We express our deep gratitude and appreciation to the generations of Mi’kmaw who, since time immemorial, have loved and stewarded these lands and the beings who call them home. Colonization is not just history; it exists in the present tense. While we strive to decolonize ourselves and our University, we know there is still much for us to learn.

We are committed to doing the hard work of self-reflection and to repairing relationships with the Mi’kmaw on whose lands we reside, including embracing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action and embodying their spirit in our plans to move forward with our University.

Ms~t wiaqpulti’kl ankukamkewe’l
We are all treaty people.

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St. Francis Xavier University
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PO Box 5000
Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5
Canada

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Fax: (902) 867-3907

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