Should Canada Join The EU?
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Well they fucked up the thumbnail, unless Vancouver island and the other islands on the west coast arent allowed to join
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Pretty much every part of the EU is in some way negotiable. You absolutely can join the EU without adopting the currency.
The main exception is Schengen. You can't become any kind of EU country without being part of the single market/open boarders agreement.
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Even if it was possible, wouldn't it require a huge amount of work on the Canadian side to implement the European level of regulations?
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I read where you say "improve safety by following rules proved elsewhere" and I can only think the goal is worth the work.
Our closest neighbour just canned anyone who can tell them where and how they're being unsafe - and relaxed the rules on lead content in drinking water - and I'm thinking we know whom we don't want to follow!
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Ah, the New Zealand problem.
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At this point I feel like Canada could only join if:
- Canada did a lot of work to meet the regulations as set forth by the EU.
- Canada had successfully rerouted the majority of it's trade to EU members.
If Canada were to try to join the EU at this time, something tells me the US government would call that an "attack" of some kind, and would hurt Canada with tariffs greater than what was just threatened, or something worse than tariffs. Furthermore, if Canada started trading the majority of its oil and gas to the EU, this would create big fucking problems for the US, which would again, cause the US to create problems for Canada. Furthermore, this would probably kneecap Russian gas sales to the EU, so Russia would also suddenly be working it's ass off to prevent such a thing at all costs.
I suppose it is possible, but there is an enormous amount of work that would need to be implemented, so I don't expect it would happen any time soon.
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I've always kinda considered that the EU is more of a political than a geographical thing, so having Canada join wouldn't really shock me.
But it would be a very different direction from the one followed next to the noisy US neighbour, and likely one that would displease it mightily.
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The apparent corruption in the Edison Motors case and widespread lack of housing would be glaring issues that require fixing.
Free Trade, yes, maybe.
But they are to distant and have fundamental issues that we might not be able to beat. Their geography and distribution is very unusual compared to Europe. -
Yup. That's the story I was thinking about, and it lasted decades over the most useless square kilometer of land imaginable.
Also, not only did we split it down the middle in the end, we split it down the middle along the nice seam that was visible the whole time.
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Cool. Can I get ahead oof the crush and apply for citizenship? It's long been a goal of ours to move to the Netherlands.
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Of course, we usually welcome everyone with open arms. There's more info here
