In the Abacus poll, 46 per cent of respondents said they would support Canada becoming a member state of the EU, and 44 per cent said the Canadian government should definitely or probably look into joining it.
Would it be awesome to be able to move and in the EU? Oh yeah, it would be great. However, the practicality of reality is that either Canada would have to completely overhaul laws and standards to be line with the EU would be absolute nightmare. Either Canada would have to adopt EU standards or gets a carve out making Canada not really part of the EU.
Alberta and Quebec already hate having Ottawa tell them what to do. Having Brussels have an influence on Canadian life? Even more of a reason to separate. Which means another constitutional crisis for Canada.
Canada should instead work to build stronger ties with the EU. Trade deals, research coordination, defence policy, immigration, etc.
I mean if Cyprus and French Guiana can join so can Canada if we can meet the requirements. Itโs a political alliance of values.
The European Union could help safeguard those borders.
Since we/The EU will be soon buying even more US weapons, I seriously doubt that.
What was once a region of the world populated with so many smart and bright people has now become the proud land of the dumb. The EU is like a headless chicken running around. And it seems rather happy about what it has become, Iโm afraid to say so.
French Guiana is only part of the EU because itโs part of France, and even then it needs plenty of exceptions to make it work.
Cyprus was already aligned with the rest of Europe in economic laws.
Canada would need to redo half of its laws to join the EU, and Canadian companies would either need to produce two versions of everything or drop the US market altogether.
Itโs more realistic to aim for a close bilateral treaty than for membership, at least for next few decades.
How is Cyprus controversial as an EU member? Because itโs far enough to technically be Asia? Still very much European values, language, history etc. Itโs also only a stoneโs throw away from the nearest Greek island
- Tax heaven (together with Ireland)
- Part of the island occupied by Turkiye
And Malta, Luxembourg, Monaco, Andorra, Jerseyโฆ Etc. Basically any small nation
I mean french guiana is literally a part of france. Its an overseas territory so its handled as an island or whatever not a colony. The most disgusting thing isnt that canada is in north america but that the eu would need to border the usaโฆ
I love these โnearly halfโ declarations of support the media likes to gin up.
Soโฆโless than halfโ, then?
Itโs more about the trend. Last year almost no one thought it would be a good idea. So the implications is โshortly more than half might want to join the EUโ or โCanadians are approaching the majority thresholdโ
Itโs also a bit useless to just give the one number and not the complete results.
This could mean 46% in favor, 15% neutral / undecided, 39% against, which would put the overall sentiment in favor of joining, or it could be 46% in favor, 54% against, which is a completely different situation.
โ edit โ Just re-read the article, I have missed the numbers, sorry.
So itโs 46% pro, 29% against, which puts the sentiment clearly to proโฆ
Well, you are not wrong. But if you think about it itโs still a pretty significant percentage considering Canada is one ocean distant from Europe, and has always had historically relations, economically and politically with the USA, obviously given the fact they share their only border with them. So in my opinion the number gets more weight, maybe. Probably some years ago it was much lower, or they didnt asked themselves the question at all.
Not sure how that would work since they arenโt on European continent, but then I remembered we have Australia in Eurovision so Iโll allow it. Just because Canadians are cool.
The EU is already in the Caribbean and South America, might as well be in north too.
I welcome the Canadians into the European Union!
Is what I would say, but I really, really, REALLY donโt want a border with the US. Russia alone is bad enough.
