• Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
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    Canadian here. Interesting points. I feel most Canadians would be cautiously open to the idea. How do EU regular people feel?

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      As a European, i am happy that my country is in the European Union, would be bad otherwise for various reasons;
      yeah, they sometimes do bad decisions, but overall it’s great-- chat control is the biggest shit but we should reject it as much as we can

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      Canadians need to up their standards and stop setting on being American-lite.

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        According to the article, Canada is above the average EU member on property rights protection, judicial independence, regulatory coherence, trade openness, and social security systems, low corruption, regulatory clarity, and overall investment climate, higher education quality, corporate research and development spending, patent registrations, and the diffusion of advanced technologies —from broadband infrastructure to digital services. The next line: In short, Canada already behaves like a de facto member of the club in all but name.

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        I have been in Canada for over 20 years and little by little I have realized most of what I like from Canada is what we inherited/copied from Europe and everything I hate came from the dumpster fire below.

        As always, the devil is in the details, but in general I would welcome any stronger alliance with the EU

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        Most of Europe does just fine with English speaking on their own, and some would argue better than the Brits.

        Just don’t let the French hear the Quebecois, they’ll veto straightaway.

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          Most French people are well aware of our existence. We generally treat each others as cousins and the people with who we have the most cultural affinity in the world.

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        Hey, we’re willing, nay desperate, to come back. Well, most of us, just not the sodding politicians!