Canada

I don't know if full membership is reasonable. Full membership would mean complying with all EU standards, those standards include electrical standards, and Canadian and European electrical standards are completely different. They run on 240V at 50Hz and Canada runs on 120V at 60Hz.

But, a closer alignment would be a great idea. Make it easier for workers to move between the EU and Canada. Harmonize some laws (for example, bring EU privacy and data protection laws to Canada). Require Canada to have more efficient vehicles and appliances.

I'm not in favor of this.

We don't need more super-national institution telling us what to do. I'm on board for good relations and for taking ideas from them, but we need to stop giving power to distant institutions that aren't truly invested in our success.

Yep

Sure thing! I hope they drag their old masters in the UK along with them when they arrive. This will stretch the meaning of "Europe" a tad though.

Yes

I didn't have this on my bingo card when the year started, but hey, I'm all for it. Come join us, be one of us. We are all friends, except Hungary. They should just throw their government out.

Putin and Trump want to split the EU and destroy our unity. Let's make it bigger and better than they ever expected.

I'm in. I'll miss the Loonie, but Europe's looking pretty good these days.

Also see:

"Support for joining the EU is higher in Canada than in Norway."

At the very least, joining with their economic standards is a path we should move towards.

The EU requires unanimity among its existing members in order to add a new member. It's not impossible, but getting Orban to agree to it is, I think, a much bigger stumbling block than the article implies. Any "concessions" Orban demands to accept Canada would themselves have to be unanimously agreed to by existing members.

I want all of the consumer protections EU citizens get like being able to side load apps on iPhones etc.

Absolutely. This would be such a boon to both Canada and the EU