The European Commission isn't strictly ruling it out either.
  • rabber@lemmy.caEnglish
    11·
    6 hours ago

    I think there are unnecessary complications with joining the EU and maybe we should just focus on joining the shengen zone more similar to iceland and norway to make it happen quicker

    Edit: I’m stoned right now but I’m just trying to imagine how we would retrofit every single car with EU regulated headlights for example haha. And those ugly ass long rectangle license plates. Canada has the coolest license plates in the world

  • Reannlegge@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    5 hours ago

    I like the idea I do but I think the CANZUK is more likely the four countries share so much more than we do with the EU. Only problem I have with it is we would still have the royal family on our coins.

  • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
    22·
    10 hours ago

    I said this the first time Trump was elected

    It’s too dangerous to be in the wild while the US is focused on imperialism.

    The EU is more similar to Canadian attitudes than the US is, though we are halfway in between.

  • Shortstack@reddthat.com
    3·
    7 hours ago

    Oh god please join the EU, so I can go through the trouble of claiming ancestral citizenship in Europe and be able to live in Canada instead.

  • PlaidBaron@lemmy.world
    101·
    11 hours ago

    This still seems wildly unlikely for so many reasons. Canada needs new trade partners and at this point some defense guarantees, but joining the EU is a long shot.

    • HonoredMule@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      5 hours ago

      And it’s one that will take too long to have any bearing on current challenges anyway.

      That said, Dumpster’s moves are mostly ridiculous because he’s trying to speed run something that was coming eventually. He’s just skipping the rather slow but crucial propaganda step to manufacture consent, and trying to de-integrate our economies at self-immolating speed.

      I think it might be a good idea to explore membership in the Schengen Area and/or European Free Trade Association, but full EU membership is more trouble than it’s worth and Eurozone membership (giving up our currency) carries serious drawbacks alongside benefits I wouldn’t expect to fully realize with our geographic separation.

      We can and should be looking for better economic integration as part of our trade diversification. But we also need to preserve our own internal autonomy and power, and shouldn’t be expecting any meaningful protection from across the pond. I mean maybe fellow Commonwealth states will militarily support us, but not likely the EU, and definitely not within a decade. We’re not like Ukraine who sit between them and a hostile neighboring state, softening the latter without costing EU lives.