North American Union?

Ron Paul was attacked when he referred to an ongoing effort to create a North American Union and a NAFTA superhighway. I've also noticed there's a lot of conspiracy theories that revolve around the Council of Foreign Relations and its promotion of world government. What I am starting to notice is that this isn't a hidden conspiracy at all. It's pretty much out in the open in plain, transparent view. I discovered this site recently http://www.cfr.org/publication/8102/ which contains a working group report published by the Council of Foreign Relations and hosted on its own website. The PDF is available for download on the site and has their recommendations. I also cached a copy in case it's taken down. My question is why is this so hush-hush and off limits to talk about when it's so out in the open? Should this not be discussed and debated?

The high level recommendations included:

• "Establish a common security perimeter by 2010"
• "Develop a North American Border Pass"
• "Develop a unified North American border action plan"
• "Expand border infrastructure"
• "Lay the groundwork for the freer flow of people within North
  America."
• "Expand NORAD into a multiservice Defense Command"
• "Increase information and intelligence-sharing at the local
  and national levels in both law enforcement and military
  organizations."
• "Intensify Mexican efforts to accelerate its economic development"
• "Establish a North American investment fund for infrastructure
  and human capital"
• "Enhance the capacity of the North American Development
  Bank (NADBank)"
• "Develop a NorthAmerican energy strategy"
• "Fully develop Mexican energy resources"
• "Conclude a North American resource accord"
• "Make a North American commitment to a cleaner environment"
• "Expand trinational collaboration on conservation and innovation."
• "Adopt a common external tariff"
• "Review those sectors of NAFTA that were excluded or those
  aspects that have not been fully implemented"
• "Establish a permanent tribunal for North American dispute
  resolution"
• "Establish a joint approach to unfair trade practices"
• "Establish a trinational competition commission"
• "Ensure rapid implementation of the North American regulatory
  action plan"
• "Open skies and open roads"
• 'Tested once' for biotechnology and pharmaceuticals"
• "Integrating protection of food, health, and the environment"
• "Make a North American standard the default approach to
  new regulation"
• "Expand temporary migrant worker programs"
• "Implement the Social Security Totalization Agreement
  negotiated between the United States and Mexico"
• "Create a 'North American preference"
• "Move to full labor mobility between Canada and the United
  States"
• "Mutual recognition of professional standards and degrees"
• "Create a major scholarship fund for undergraduate and graduate
  students to study in the other NorthAmerican countries
  and to learn the region’s three languages"
• "Develop a network of centers for North American studies"
• "Promote Internet-based learning within North America"
• "Develop teacher exchange and training programs for elementary and secondary school teachers"
• "Develop 'sister school' and student exchange programs"
• "Encourage imaginative ways to build North American connections"