• @Treczoks
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    3222 hours ago

    Hey, Canada! Have you considered EU membership?

    • @[email protected]
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      229 minutes ago

      I don’t think Canada should fully be in the EU, but some kind of set of bilateral arrangements like Switzerland has would be a good start.

      Since Canada has lots of historical ties with the UK, it might work out well to have some kind of arrangement with the UK, Canada and the EU. That would let Britain start to undo some of the damage from Brexit, while also allowing Canada to reinforce those ties to the UK.

    • @[email protected]
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      13 hours ago

      We didn’t know we had that option. But hell yeah… what do we have to do? Make Google and Apple put a “West Europe” label over Canada?

    • @UnfairUtan
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      1421 hours ago

      That would actually be hilarious

      • @[email protected]
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        720 hours ago

        And not even impossible. The EU council and commission can basically freely decide if a state counts as “European”.

        I think the biggest hurdle might be that Canada would immediately be the 5th most powerful member state because of their population.

        • @Treczoks
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          513 hours ago

          The EU is talking to Turkey about membership (on and off…), and I would say that Canada is more European than Turkey.

          • @Stovetop
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            35 hours ago

            Canada even shares a border with Europe, so I would say it’s close enough.

        • @[email protected]
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          818 hours ago

          As the EU mostly does not decide population based but with equal votes per country that wouldn’t be an issue.

          The larger issue is the fact that the European and US regulations clash in a lot of things so it would be harder for Canadian companies to export to the US then.

          But otherwise: We would absolutely welcome you.

          • Tiefling IRL
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            311 hours ago

            it would be harder for Canadian companies to export to the US then.

            I don’t think that’s gonna be a problem soon

            • @T00l_shed
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              25 hours ago

              If the orange turd rips it up at will, the Canadian government should too

    • @BreadOven
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      618 hours ago

      We still use the u’s (colour, etc.). Is that a prerequisite?

      • @Treczoks
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        514 hours ago

        That just shows that you did not fall into the degenerate ways of your southern neighbours.