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A secret meeting was held in Banff, Alberta, Canada, in mid-September where North American elites, including several Bush administration officials, planned for further integration of North America. To show just how high-level this meeting was, George Shultz (secretary of state under Reagan, George W. Bush mentor, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations) was on hand to co-chair it.
According to CBC News, Mel Hurtig, noted Canadian author and politician, was one of the Banff meeting participants. Hurtig made public the agenda and attendee list for the September 12-14 forum revealing that the gathering was called "Continental Prosperity in the New Security Environment." Scheduled participants from the United States included Carla Hills, Trilateral Commission member and former U.S. Trade Representative; Dr. Robert A. Pastor, CFR member and godfather of the North American Union (NAU); Dr. Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; and Donald R. Rumsfeld, former CFR member and current secretary of defense. Rumsfeld was slated to be a keynote speaker. Topics on the agenda included ...