Regional Integration against Articles Christian Frisina
MGT448
April 16, 2012
Greg Worden

NAFTA, stands for North American Free Trade Agreement but who does it represent and what does it accomplish and who does it affect. NAFTA is a union of sorts that links Canada, the United States and Mexico together. The disadvantages of this agreement are diverse and, not purposefully intended. Being knowledgeable of how these pertain to the people will be for reference only because any disagreement can be preventatively fixed or can be fixed through future renegotiations. NAFTA was designed with great intentions in mind but has had severe issues with follow through and consistency. As fair as NAFTA was intended, the agreement did not consider future issues with employment, the environment and pollutants, and other country dependencies upon each other. Concerning employment for Canadian citizens, with the joining of NAFTA Canadian jobs will be lost when plants and factories start to move to the United States. NAFTA promised employment increases to every country within, yet it has slowly dwindled over the years. Instead of increasing, Canada has lost 398, 837 jobs ever since NAFTA began, from 1994 to 2001 ("Why Is Nafta Bad For Canada?", 2008). Another serious concern is the fact that the environment is being destroyed at an alarming rate becoming toxic waste dumps. This is mainly due to weaker countries with weaker environmental laws being taken advantage of. Because of this simple fact, the risk of contaminating drinking water has increased, also since the NAFTA inception Canada has been importing more waste from the U.S. thus, bringing in more pollution. Dependency, this is another problem the creators of NAFTA did not foresee. The countries within the agreement are more apt to trade among themselves, which in its own