Trilateral Summit Meetings
To date, the following summits have occurred:
- March 23, 2005 - Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States
- A video of the Waco SPP Trilateral Summit News Conference is available online.
- March 31, 2006 - Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
- Meeting between Mexican President Fox, Canadian Prime Minister Harper and U.S. President Bush. A U.S. White House press release regarding the Cancun SPP Trilateral Summit is available online.
- February 23, 2007 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- The meeting went almost unpublicized by local and national media outlet, and its narrow timeframe of announcement meant it was ignored by a vast majority of the public. It did, however, attract protesters who were concerned about excessive secrecy surrounding the event. Redacted meeting minutes of the meeting have been obtained and posted online.
- August 20–21, 2007 - Montebello, Quebec, Canada
- The leaders of the U.S., Canada and Mexico had a major trilateral summit meeting, in relation to the SPP, at the Château Montebello, in Montebello, Quebec. This conference was described as a public relations event with the purpose of promoting the SPP among investors and to reassure the public about the consequences of the plan. A protest during the event led to controversy, when labour leaders identified three masked, rock-wielding individuals as disguised police officers and accused them of disguising themselves as demonstrators in order to incite violence. Footage of the clash was shown on Youtube and attracted significant media attention; the Quebec Provincial Police subsequently admitted that the individuals in question had been police officers in disguise, but denied any attempts to incite violence.
- April 21–22, 2008 - New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- In his 2008 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush announced that a summit on the SPP would be held from April 21–22, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. According to the White House, the summit focused on improving the SPP initiatives and on discussing "hemispheric and global issues of importance to North America".
- August 9–10, 2009 - Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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