Here is the link to a poll from last year: Canadians rank the European Union (EU) as Canada's second most important economic partner behind the US (43% in favor of EU), followed by the UK (40%), Mexico (33%), and China (27%).
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Aside from the obvious fact that Canada’s only physical border with the EU is the 1.2 kilometre one on Greenland’s tiny Hans Island in the Nares Strait, Canada maintains an open trade regime and could, from a technical standpoint, transition relatively smoothly into the EU’s tariff-free internal market.
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Canada-EU Security and Defence Partnership signed last June in Brussels, and the participation of Canada in the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) procurement program secured in December, attest to both trade synergies and the confluence of interests more broadly.
Canada is a resource-rich country with a sophisticated, diversified economy, comparable to Europe in terms of innovation, market size, and human capital. It ranks ahead of many EU states in higher education quality, corporate research and development spending, patent registrations, and the diffusion of advanced technologies —from broadband infrastructure to digital services.
In short, Canada already behaves like a de facto member of the club in all but name.
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Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union limits eligibility for EU membership to “any European State” that respects and commits to the Union’s core values. That geographic requirement, however, is not immutable: the Treaty can be amended under Article 48, through unanimous agreement of all Member States and ratification in accordance with their constitutional procedures.
Canada’s membership would immediately expand the EU’s global footprint and underscore its identity as a values-based institutional order rather than a regional bloc.
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No need for Canada to join the EU. The EU makes sense as a union of countries with shared or overlapping geography and interests. Canada is not in Europe. We are a Pacific country in addition to being an Atlantic country. 70% of our non-US trade flows through Vancouver to and from Pacific nations. Canada is better served by retaining sovereignty to negotiate trade independently to make the most of working with Europe on one side and Pacific nations on the other. Being one voice from North America among a chorus of voices from another continent in regulatory decision-making to govern all is not a good idea.
Carney has been advocating for variable geometry as Canada's method ro go forward and has only seen his support from Canadians go up in this time. Joining the EU is not variable geometry. Trade, cooperation and alignment on many issues where there is compatibility is good enough.
Also we already have a trade agreement with the EU and visa-free travel, if I remember correctly. I wouldn't mind being a part of the EU but there are pros and cons to it and we've already secured many of the pros.