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Ottawa, Canada (AHN) - A poll conducted by Environics and slated to be released Tuesday by the Council of Canadians issues a warning call to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to protect the country's resources vis-a-vis the United States tapping of local water and energy.

The release of the poll, held April 7 to 10, is timed with the the meeting of Harper, U.S. President George Bush and Mexican President Felipe Calderon next week in New Orleans for the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America leaders' conference.

The council is alarmed by the secrecy behind the high-level talks. Maude Barlow, council chair, told the Toronto Star, "It's been four years since the launch of the SPP and while corporations have been given a seat at the negotiating table, the Canadian government has never asked the public how they feel about it."

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