TPT March 2007

From the AmericaS

eManifest was developed in cooperation with the US Department of Homeland Security as a provision of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America. This was launched in 2005 by then-Prime Minister Paul Martin, of Canada; President George W Bush, of the US; and then-President Vicente Fox, of Mexico. • Could the combined border-patrol efforts of the Canadian and American governments be thwarted by a new espionage threat lurking among pocket change: Canadian coins with tiny radio frequency transmitters hidden inside? The mysterious coins were reported planted on US contractors with classified security clearances on at least three occasions between October 2005 and January 2006 as the contractors travelled through Canada. Intelligence and technology experts say such transmitters, if they exist, could be used to track the movements of people carrying the spy coins. The US Defense Department insists the incidents were real and the risk genuine. But details are secret, according to the Defense Security Service, which issued the warning to the Pentagon’s classified contractors. ( Associated Press , 11 January). “The US report doesn’t suggest who might be tracking American defense contractors or why,” wrote the AP’s Ted Bridis. “It also doesn’t describe how the Pentagon discovered the ruse, how the transmitters might function, or even which Canadian currency contained them.”

Manufacturing

Ohio companies mount an effort to showcase manufacturing jobs A coalition of businesses in and around Cleveland is spending $3 million to persuade Northeast Ohio high school and college graduates to pursue careers in manufacturing. As reported by Janet H Cho in the Cleveland Plain Dealer , the ‘Dream It – Do It’ campaign was launched 11 January by the Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network (MAGNET). It is designed to address a shortage of skilled applicants for factory work. ( ‘Group Pushing Manufacturing Jobs’ 12 January) MAGNET president Stephen Gage told the Plain Dealer that Northeast Ohio companies are just starting to feel the labour shortages that those on the East and West coasts have been experiencing for years, especially for employees with computer and programming skills. James Griffith, president and chief executive of Canton-based bearings and steel maker Timken Co , said: “Hundreds of manufacturing jobs are currently available in Northeast Ohio, and they need to be filled with a work force that is regionally trained.” Still one of the major manufacturing centres in the world, the 16 counties of Northeast Ohio employ 330,000 people in manufacturing jobs, working for about 12,000 companies with more than $90 billion in sales. According to US Department of Labor projections,

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