The North American Leaders' Summit has become a regular target for the anti-globalization movement and its members seem very happy to be in New Orleans this week.

In part that is because there are still visible signs of the damage done by Hurricane Katrina nearly three years ago
and that gives movement leaders like Canadian Maude Barlow the opportunity to argue that the richest nation in the world cares so little about the disadvantaged among its own people that it hasn't bothered to make the recovery of New Orleans a priority.

Barlow points to the growing gap between rich and poor in the United States as evidenced by the growth in low-paying jobs in the service sector.

She quotes a woman she met here saying, "Yes , NAFTA has created more jobs in America. I've got three of them!"