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[โ€“] Sunshine@piefed.ca 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Letโ€™s get those ports at Halifax, Montreal, and Saint John busy!

Europe should buy Canadaโ€™s maple syrup and minerals!

[โ€“] Toto@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Send all the pot ash over

[โ€“] Pirate@feddit.org 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They share a border with Denmark so why not.

[โ€“] Wfh@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Land border with Denmark, check. Aquatic border with France, check.

Based on these facts, Canada is no less European than Germany and should therefore join ASAP.

I rest my case your honor.

[โ€“] klangcola@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago

Perfectly sound logic, I see no flaws with this argument

[โ€“] LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

God I hate everyone in my country for brexit

[โ€“] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can just join back in. Youre one of the democracies did you forget?

[โ€“] LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 week ago

Cambridge Analytica says yes

[โ€“] 5715@feddit.org 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Morocco looking at this, be like: Ah yes?

[โ€“] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Turkey is way closer. Morocco is way far from meeting requirements. Absolutist Monarchy (parliamentary democracy in name only), way off in economic make-up...

[โ€“] Akasazh@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Turkey was on the route of joining the EU and then Erdogan came into power and single handedly destroyed their bid.

[โ€“] asdasd201@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 week ago

EU was keeping us hanging way before ErdoฤŸan. All he did was officially end the hazing and turn Tรผrkiye the paid garbage bin of the Europe.

[โ€“] 5715@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

I agree, but Morocco was rejected once on the basis of not being European.

[โ€“] unknowablenight@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Morocco shares a land border with Spain

[โ€“] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Three land borders, actually. Ceuta, Melilla, and Peรฑon de Vรฉlez de la Gomera.

[โ€“] zwerg@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I wouldn't be against this idea. They could become suppliers if solar energy, maybe even data centres. Seems like a win/win to me. Power cable to Gibraltar and north? Seems even doable to me.

[โ€“] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 5 points 1 week ago

They applied for membership back in 1987, but were quickly rejected due to not being European.

[โ€“] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

Southern Europe (Spain, Portugal, Italy, Southern France, Greece...) can provide all needed solar, wind, hydro, tide, and other renewable power to all EU. Actually tide is better in atlantic coasts. Why lay humongous cables (power is not data) across an ocean?

Canada can contribute many other things.

[โ€“] thechosen2nd@piefed.social 12 points 1 week ago

That would be so fucking awesome

[โ€“] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The ECU (Euro Centric Union)? The E-ish Uion, The MWU (Mostly White Union)...

[โ€“] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

NAUO (North Atlantic Union Organisation).

[โ€“] MrPoletki@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

ANU (Atlantic North Union)

The leader will be the Secretary of the union.

The ANU Secretary.

[โ€“] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

As an Australian can we join the EU, this vast and amazing project trying to bring humanity together is amazing.

[โ€“] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago