mental cleanup and less maquiladoras along the U.S.-Mexico border. However, many communities still lack access to both water and sewage systems. "Today, only 10 percent of Mexico’s yearly output of 7 million tons of hazardous waste receives adequate treatment, with the rest poured into illegal waste dumps or municipal sewers" (Anderson). Maquiladoras are plants owned by foreign companies, which send raw materials to Mexico for assembly. NAFTA has eliminated the duty on the importation of those goods back to Canada and the United States. NAFTA has caused an increase in the amount of maquiladoras. This has caused an increase in the amount of pollution in Mexico. NAFTA has taken emphasis away from the global environment as it puts the production of goods and exportation first. If workers aren’t healthy, are we headed for lower levels of production? How can our economy be healthy if our people aren’t even healthy? North American Free Trade Agreement, to the Canadian economy as well as the other two countries. NAFTA has eased the creation of new coalitions, which cross borders and political party lines, "…and embrace constituencies as diverse as workers, farmers, environmentalists, consumers and religious groups." (Lewis) "Canada’s Bank of Montreal has launched the first mutual fund, to be marketed in all three countries, targeting companies poised to cash in on the North American Free Trade Agreement"(3). Companies such as Bombardier who have constructed plants in Mexico are prime candidates of this mutual fund. Mexico’s economy has gotten a little better. Canadian and U.S. companies invested $2.4 billion in Mexico in the first eight months of 1994, accounting for 55% of Mexico’s total foreign direct investment. This is good for the Mexican economy in the long-term as well as in the short-term. In the long-term, these investments will lead to more exports. Corporations from Canada and the U.S. buil...
