Otherwise known as please Canada bring your production capacity to Europe since we’re both getting divorced from the US
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2026
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Increasing trade between the EU and Canada just makes perfect sense, with or without full membership. They bring the raw resources, we bring the equipment to extract those raw resources. It's a pretty sweet deal for both parties.
It absolutely is, If I was Ursula I’d have a second home in Ottawa.
I’m not Ursula buy I’d like a second home in British Columbia.
I’m just looking to afford a first home.
Decathlon has some nice tents
I’m with you on that
new europe map drop
ftfy
bro erased england but kept russia and belarus 💀
I... didn't really pay attention to that part to be honest.
Well I am just assuming those areas fall to Ukraine in this future, and that they join the EU like Canada. Honestly makes more sense then say Albertan independence or an affordable housing market.
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It would be increadibly funny to make the US/CA border full of EU flags.
Trump would go even more insane.
Let's all wear berets and carry baguettes and laugh like this: "hwar, hwar, hwar".
Hon-hon-hon!
Joining the EU might be suboptimal (and unrealistic), but some kind of trade agreement would be awesome.
Yeah, that's a great idea. They should call it something like the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement.
Nah, call it Further Uniting Common Key Trading, Respecting Unity & Managing Plonkers
Brilliant!
And defence agreement
Since we are both in the northern part of the Atlantic... we could name it after that?
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This would be one of the greatest decisions Canada and the EU make.
Here's hoping they go through with it and really give the US a run for their money!
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Canada does have a land border with Denmark with Hans Island, so it is joined to Europe.
What's up with the UK in that image? Did they finally figure out Brexit was dumb?
Also, can you imagine looking at Brexit and thinking it's a better situation than this? WTF.
They join as a Canadian colony (ok, northern Ireland is part of Ireland once again)
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....also the "striking appeal' of Canada
nice to be the belle of the ball
Would love the freedom of movement but we'd need to keep the loonie.
Just stamp a line of €1 coins with the bird on them, every EU member gets their own coin.
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It is a fact that they "could" join. There is nothing in the treaties excluding them if all member states really support that. That doesn't mean Canada should do that. A stronger aliance bereeen EU and Canada with deeper economic cooperation would likeky be the better option.
Joining EU would be fairly simple way to achieve deeper economic cooperation and stronger alliance. Joining EU really hard to reverse (look at UK) so it guarantees long and stable relationship that businesses like.
What are the downsides?
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Yes they've been trying. I believe Denmark was the hold out. Which is weird stance considering Greenland's situation. And the trade route like right there. Honestly don't really understand why all of EU aren't jumping on this as hard as the US is.
I can't find anything about Denmark not wanting Canada in the EU
however, according to the treaty. A country needs to actually be european to apply for membership according to the text:
"Any European State which respects the principles set out in Article 6(1) may apply to become a member of the Union."
If you consult the full text of the treaty, what you'll notice is that "European state" is not defined anywhere in the treaty. In fact, that quote you posted is literally the only instance of the term in the 55 consolidated articles. Even the "Copenhagen Criteria" which lay out the explicit requirements for membership just gesture back at article 49 again. It's basically the only use of that term anywhere in the written law on the subject, at least that I can find.
Outside of the text of the treaty, there aren't really any commonly accepted legal definitions of a "European state." Most legal definitions that do exist define it a member of the EU, which is obviously completely circular if you try to use that as a definition of entry criteria; "You're allowed in if you're already in." Geographic definitions don't work because they've always been fuzzy. Is Turkey part of Europe or part of "The Middle East"? Is the "The Middle East" part of Europe, Africa, Asia....? Russia is either a European country or an Asian country depending on what day of the week it is. Parts of the EU extend onto the African continent. Cyprus is an EU member and they're off the coast of Syria. And given that Canada shares both land and sea borders with EU states (which is actually more than some other EU members can claim), they've got all the leeway in the world to decide we qualify if they want to. It basically just comes down to "You're European if we say you are."
Also, Canada's king is the same as the UK's, and that's definitely European.
Not if you ask them it isn’t 😅
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