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Canada should move towards integration with Europe instead of the U.S. (www.policyalternatives.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by streetfestival@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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Trump warned he will impose additional tariffs on the European Union and Canada if they band together to “do economic harm” against the United States.

Get @#$%ed, Trump. Good read. Short but detailed about how partnered we are already and what our next priorities should be

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[-] AGM@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 hours ago

I don't want Canada under the EU governance system, and I don't think it's necessary to join the EU as a member just to have close and mutually supportive relations. Unless the Conservatives win today, we're still quite aligned with the EU in terms of values and commitment to similar international standards and goals, so I think we can form many trade agreements, cooperate on defense, and support similar international institutions, but just doing it with Canada as country that is a friend of the EU and not a member of the EU.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 hours ago

and I don’t think it’s necessary to join the EU as a member just to have close and mutually supportive relations.

It's really, really not. That's maybe the most important thing for everyone to know. Actually being a member is basically just a capstone on top of all the various kinds of coordination we could do, and several countries like Norway just opt not to take that last step.