Here's what would happen if Canada joined the European Union
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“I’m a little bit dismayed that this unrealistic debate about EU membership kind of distracts from the things that could really be done to intensify the relationship,” said Hurrelmann. “How could we try to speed up processes of regulatory alignment under CETA? How could we encourage European investment in Canada in areas such as critical raw materials?… Those, I think, are the kinds of debates for which there’s really a lot of potential. And the Canada-EU economic relationship can definitely become closer and can be intensified, and that would be beneficial for both sides, but not through Canada’s membership in the EU.”
Hmm. I'm not actually sure that's a problem. Even if we say we want to, the first steps are doing things like aligning regulations and setting up free movement, like this suggests.
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They should annex Mexico too and call it the North American - European Union. The NAEU.
Can you imagine the trading asset Mexico could mean for the European Union? Plus, cracking down on drug trafficking across the Atlantic would be easier.
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They should call the new deal the MexiCana or something. Good for all 3 languages.
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Maybe like North Atlantic Treaty
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No, that’s scissors
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Nah - Canada can Naxit since we have an extensive land border with Denmark. And nearly every Canadian could make the grueling cross Atlantic swim to France.
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Things like that seem to take years. Meanwhile in any sane world you’d expect US to return to sanity in four years
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon is part of the EU and 19km off the coast of Canada.
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Transatlantic Union go!
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Move around some tectonic plates and they'll be here in no time. (Canadians, you might want to stand at a doorframe or under a sturdy table for this one.)
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Declare war on, say, France, immediately surrender and become a part of the EU.
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Canada... Northwest Europe.
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As all things should be
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This should totally happen. I struggle to think of anything that would be made worse by adopting European laws and customs.
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It's totally a technicality but we share a land border with Denmark via Greenland. It's literally just a rock cut in half in the middle of the Arctic but it counts! (Hans Island)
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We grant you the rank of EU member, but you are not in Europe.
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I would laugh myself to death.
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We can pass a law saying Canada is part of Europe and Google, Apple, and Microsoft will change their maps.
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Yeah I didn't get that part either. If we say we want to be part of the EU and in the end we only improve trade with the EU why is that worse then saying we only want to improve trade relations and only improve trade relations? Don't get why this guys would be "dismayed" unless he doesn't really want more trade with the EU.
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Yup. Which is why this only makes me want to Canada to be an EU member even more.
