New polling shows just under half of Canadians support the idea, but there are costs

  • ViatorOmnium@piefed.socialEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    Baby steps. If Canada tried to join the EU in, say 5 years, it would completely crash their economy. Right now, everything is aligned and integrated with the US. If they to scramble then all the economic rules will be unaligned with either the US or the EU for a while, and producers will be bearing the brunt of the transition costs with the economy collapsing around them.

    The smart strategy is to integrate Canada in the EU economy sector by sector, which is what Carney is doing. After that is done, Canada joining the EU in some shape or form will be more realistic.

    • NorskSud@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Canada joining the EU would create a strong identity crisis on our fragile and ever evolving European identity. Although I do like the idea of Canada having stronger relations with the EU (could go all the way up to joining Erasmus and customs union), I don’t think full EU membership would be desirable for both parties.

      I know there are some precedents, like French Guiana or those tiny islands off the coast of… Canada… but those are territories belonging to a EU member and that’s the reason for. The head of state of Canada is no longer in a EU state.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    I think it would be better to have some sort of associate agreement.
    We already have a trade agreement, and Canada has joined the EU SAFE program, which is great.
    Increased cooperation is nice, but I’m not so sure Canada would want to be a member of EU. After being bullied by USA, they might be hesitant to yield any sovereignty to anyone, despite the gains may be higher than the loss.

    Canada and EU will almost for sure increase cooperation, because our values are very similar. Unfortunately USA has chosen a different path, and that will probably cause cooperation between USA and Canada to decline.