Should Canada Join The EU?
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Just because the Euro doesn’t smell like maple?
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Wouldn't that mean that the borders to the USA would be closed or more strictly controlled? As far i know, US Citizens need a visa to enter the EU.
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Well considering they have an official Mastodon outlet...
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As a Canadian I'd be in favour of starting with joining the Schengen zone. A currency union might be a hard sell as our economy benefits from being able to float the dollar for exports, but it would probably still be a net benefit once trade with the rest of the EU improved and regulations got normalized.
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Yeah, more robust rail links and fixing some of the dumber parochial interprovincial trade rules.
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Not for vacation or something they don't, but it is progressively getting tighter
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Given the trajectory of the last few weeks I don't think that would be a bad thing
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Well Canada already has borders with France & Denmark if I recall correctly
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I had a hard time writing that sentence, I totally get you
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Consumer protections and laws against engineered obsolescence? Yes, please!
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You already laid the whole plan... I guess it's decided then, you are in
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The Greenland (so currently Denmark) land border is real, and might have the weirdest history of any border now, which is saying something. Saint Pierre and Miquelon are separated from us by 45 km of sea, though, so you might as well include Iceland.
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As a Canadian, absolutely. Most of the relational downsides have dropped away at this point, even - Trump wants a less porous border and less trade.
CBC did an article on this recently, and basically said it would be too mean to Bosnia for the EU to consider, though. At the very least, we need a separate defence pact with Europe in case Trump rethinks his annexation strategy, and should give Europe access to whatever trees and cool rocks it wants in return.
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Man, I still have one of those bills in a ziplock, and it still smells like maple.
The mint insists it never happened.
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Wasn't there some island you had a friendly dispute over with bottles of spirits being exchanged ? Got resolved a couple of years ago by splitting it down the middle ?
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As an American, this would be awesome. The northern US states need to know how this feels from the other side. I live in Texas, and the way we treat the border with Mexico is a fucking travesty.
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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!
