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What's up with the UK in that image? Did they finally figure out Brexit was dumb?
Also, can you imagine looking at Brexit and thinking it's a better situation than this? WTF.
They join as a Canadian colony (ok, northern Ireland is part of Ireland once again)
Yeah, brexit is dumb. So they rejoined the European Union
Otherwise known as please Canada bring your production capacity to Europe since we’re both getting divorced from the US
Increasing trade between the EU and Canada just makes perfect sense, with or without full membership. They bring the raw resources, we bring the equipment to extract those raw resources. It's a pretty sweet deal for both parties.
It absolutely is, If I was Ursula I’d have a second home in Ottawa.
I’m not Ursula buy I’d like a second home in British Columbia.
I’m just looking to afford a first home.
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new europe map drop
Time to update the coins again.
ftfy
bro erased england but kept russia and belarus 💀
I... didn't really pay attention to that part to be honest.
Well I am just assuming those areas fall to Ukraine in this future, and that they join the EU like Canada. Honestly makes more sense then say Albertan independence or an affordable housing market.
It is a fact that they "could" join. There is nothing in the treaties excluding them if all member states really support that. That doesn't mean Canada should do that. A stronger aliance bereeen EU and Canada with deeper economic cooperation would likeky be the better option.
Joining EU would be fairly simple way to achieve deeper economic cooperation and stronger alliance. Joining EU really hard to reverse (look at UK) so it guarantees long and stable relationship that businesses like.
What are the downsides?
Joining the EU is a committment. It is not only an economic free trade area, it is a political union. It also means "pooling sovereignty", see it as something halfway to a proper federation. I am not saying that this is out of question regarding Canada but I doubt that either Canada or the EU are really aspiring that.
The way I see it EU requires (at least in theory) certain level of rule of law, independent justice system, anti-corruption measures and so on. Once country fulfills those requirements and joins the Union EU institutions have tools to make sure member countries keep adhering to those standards. I think Canadian institutions are at a level that would allow them to join EU and I don't see how EU making sure that Canada stays a healthy democracy would be bad for them. I don't see any conflict of interest here. Politically and economically Canada and EU have many common goals. I think both would benefit. Then again, I'm not that familiar with internal politics in Canada. Is there anything where Canada and EU would clash and being together in the common market would be a problem for either side?
It is not about that though. Joining the EU means joining in common political institutions, accepting that EU law is above national law, that decisions on EU law are made together in common political instiutitons. It also means that one can be outvoted by others and still be bound by the result. Most areas (major exceptions being defense and foreign policy) of policy making in the EU are nowadays majority decisions with individual member states having no veto power on their own. Joining the EU is not joining some free trade zone or even some defense alliance, it is half way to joining another country (with the key difference that one can indeed leave anytime again).
It is not so much that Canada and the EU would have that many conflict points it. It is again, the level of commitment. Just because you are best buddies, doesn't mean that sharing the same bedroom is the next logical step. Unless you are serious about that of course.
I agree but still, nothing you mention is necessarily bad for Canada. EU is leading the world in pretty much any policy you can think of: consumer protections, privacy, environmental policies, energy, women rights, worker protection, anti-corruption, freedom of press... The list goes on. (there may be some Asian country that's more progressive than EU but Canada will not join it to form a union. EU is the only real option). So the question is: are Canadians as progressive as EU or not? If they are than joining EU will protect them from their own government. Everything you said will simply serve to make sure that Canada's government will not take away some rights people want. If Canadians are not as progressive as EU then yes, it would be a problem because EU would force them to adapt some policies they don't wont. So the real question Canadians need to ask themselves is if they like what EU is doing or not.
I don't see the level of commitment as an issue. It provides stability. If Canadians want to protect their rights from authoritarian take overs like in US joining EU and losing part of their sovereignty is actually a good thing.
It boils down to how independent Canadians want to be. Also, the EU is not a guarantee against populist autocrats. There is a rising wave of those in the EU and its member states as well, just like in basically any democracy nowadays. But in most member states they aren't in power yet and also on EU level they still lack a majority.
It would be increadibly funny to make the US/CA border full of EU flags.
Trump would go even more insane.
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Joining the EU might be suboptimal (and unrealistic), but some kind of trade agreement would be awesome.
I would love it if it let me live/work in Shengen countries
Yeah, that's a great idea. They should call it something like the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement.
Nah, call it Further Uniting Common Key Trading, Respecting Unity & Managing Plonkers
Brilliant!
And defence agreement
Since we are both in the northern part of the Atlantic... we could name it after that?
Canada does have a land border with Denmark with Hans Island, so it is joined to Europe.
This would be one of the greatest decisions Canada and the EU make.
Here's hoping they go through with it and really give the US a run for their money!
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....also the "striking appeal' of Canada
nice to be the belle of the ball
Would love the freedom of movement but we'd need to keep the loonie.
Just stamp a line of €1 coins with the bird on them, every EU member gets their own coin.
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