As stated by Carney, this is not exactly true, but something like this has been expected. From a legal and sovereignty standpoint, EU membership of any kind does not make sense. A novel bloc of nations centered around military and economic cooperation that includes the EU and Canada however, does.

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nolok 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And it's not even "novel" in the sense that this group already exist, except so far it was gravitating around the US, and it might just reorient to gravitate around someone else.

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nutjob2 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think there is a lot of value there for other advanced economies in Asia, namely Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Aus/NZ.

With the US self-destructing these countries need a new plan. They are routinely being pushed around by China and need a counterweight.

	▲	vrganj 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Who knows, maybe after all the doom and gloom the EU might just win by default because the other world powers have become so unattractive the rest of the world rallies around them?

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gizajob 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It certainly does not make sense seeing as Canada is not in Europe.

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ocd 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Mostly a semantic concern in the name given the shared interests and concerns both have in a number of things including the Arctic. It's more a "North Atlantic" group of nations view both sides seem to be taking, but you know, without the US.

	▲	gizajob 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And a fairly serious geographical one.

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dcminter 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The Eurovision song contest includes Australia in its member nations. Mindblowing I know, but it's possible for a thing to transcend its name.

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vrganj 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

One could argue that it is European by founding and history though.

Founded by Europeans, still mostly populated by people of European ancestry, with laws written by Europeans and based on European ideas.

European isn't just a geographic descriptor :-)

	▲	ocd 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I suppose. America is a much more mixed bag, while Canada at its core is still British, Scottish, and French. Enough cities have a certain sterile and organized appearance more common in Europe than the US. Not sure how else I'd describe it, but maybe Canada is a bit more "monolithic"?
	▲	gizajob 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You could argue even more effectively that it was British by founding and a British colony, with a big influence from the French. And we know what happened with Britain and the EU.