ABSTRACT
The collapse of oil prices in 1982 opened the door for a North American trade deal, but the driving force for the agreement came from the profound transformation underway across North America's economies. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) created the largest trading community in the world, provided the opportunity for a large developing nation to play in the developed league, and assured North American investors that the steps they had taken to build more deeply integrated and distribution systems could be expanded without fear of government intervention. Investment just to maintain let alone improve infrastructure in all three countries is insufficient. Demographic change and population movements, together with growing ease of transportation and communication, are changing the nature of our health care systems. The savings in health care provision in Ontario, combined with the jobs that would be supported in Mexico, makes this an idea worthy of serious consideration.
