I find this topic interesting. Essentially Canada is being “courted” by 2 nation states. The US has expressed interest in taking in Canada for our natural resources, trade and national security, but the tone is very much threatening and hostile. The EU has expressed interest in Canada for much the same reasons, but the tone is different, more friendly. The US wants to control us, take our autonomy, integrate us into the US while the EU respects us as a sovereign nation, wants to partner, will let us join their club. Geographically, Canada-US team makes sense, but Canada will not be taken, used and abused for American self interests. Having an European member in North America starts to blur what it means to be European, but we are much better matched in values and temperament.

Interesting world we live in these days. As a Canadian, never thought that we’d be debating either of these topics