Should (and Could) Canada Join the EU?
Simon Whistler · June 9, 2025 · 18 min video · Americas
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One is a super-national state, comprising 448 million citizens split across 27 goblin squabbling nations. The other is a continental straddling country with less than a tenth of the manpower, but a surplus of important things like oil, rare earth minerals, and of course, a maple syrup.
On the face of it, Canada and the European Union are very different beasts.
Allies and geopolitics and aligned in temperament in many ways, but geographically distant and always distinct histories. Yet despite this, the question has been gaining traction in recent months, a simple question that aims to bind the two together. What if Canada joined the EU?
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