1 hour ago, CG1 Blue said:

I disagree. The UK still has excellent relationships with the main EU players. Look at how many joint political statements we see with UK, FRA, DE etc.

We don't need to subsidise poor EU countries to have a seat at the table.

Those joint statements are because they are still united on other fronts. NATO is one of them, health and food standards is another, but there are more

1 hour ago, BLMFem said:

So you want all the benefits without paying your share? Well, don't we all.

Joint political statements won't do anything for your economy, an economy that screams for access, free of any tariffs, quotas and duties, to a market consisting of hundreds of millions of consumers right on your doorstep.

It really is blatantly obvious.

Sorry but if you're not from the UK you'll never really understand the other side of it, your country being dicatated to by a foreign entity.

Plus the UK is doing no worse economically than the major EU countries.

4 hours ago, CG1 Blue said:

I disagree. The UK still has excellent relationships with the main EU players. Look at how many joint political statements we see with UK, FRA, DE etc.

We don't need to subsidise poor EU countries to have a seat at the table.

2 hours ago, CG1 Blue said:

Sorry but if you're not from the UK you'll never really understand the other side of it, your country being dicatated to by a foreign entity.

Plus the UK is doing no worse economically than the major EU countries.

EU -UK relations have improved - they could hardly have got worse - due to efforts by Sunak and Starmer but they are hardly excellent.

The suggestion that the UK still has a place at the EU table is, frankly, nonsense. Decisions made in Brussels are as a result of discussions between the 27 member states; the UK does not have a voice. One only has to look at how our request to join the SAFE fund was rejected for an illustration of how easily we are now excluded when important initiatives are undertaken in Europe: Nor - as has been made crystal clear since Trump took office - do we have any influence in Washington. Thanks to Brexit, we are now a medium sized country struggling to make our voices heard.

Brexit has had a detrimental economic effect on the UK. OBR modelling confirms this as does the negative practical experience of UK SMEs who import from or export to the EU. The fact that growth has stagnated in certain EU countries e.g. Germany has little to do with those countries' membership of the EU and everything to do with structural problems with their domestic industries.

There is a small corner of the EU up in North America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Americans can roadtrip to France.

https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/drive-from-the-us-to-france-on-st-pierre-and-miquelons-new-car-ferries

16 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Why would CA even think about joining the sinking ship, known as the EU, with an 81% deficit to GDP.

CA deficit to GDP is only in the 47% range. CA loses, EU benefits a bit, maybe. Nobody is that stupid.

You are getting worse, a few facts you have represented in the last days are untrue or just wrong!

Are you getting your numbers from fox?

You are always going on about being smart and getting your facts straight before you post,does that also include yourself?

15 minutes ago, jvs said:

You are getting worse, a few facts you have represented in the last days are untrue or just wrong!

Are you getting your numbers from fox?

You are always going on about being smart and getting your facts straight before you post,does that also include yourself?

info from AI ...

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

info from AI ...

maybe you should look up debt to GDP for the US?

And you are saying the EU will fail?

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

info from AI ...

I do not think it would be beneficial for Canada, and the same applies to Norway. We prefer to participate while remaining outside for now. We may be forced to join later, but we will see.

15 hours ago, CG1 Blue said:

Sorry but if you're not from the UK you'll never really understand the other side of it, your country being dicatated to by a foreign entity.

Plus the UK is doing no worse economically than the major EU countries.

So how is the UK affected more than e.g. Belgium or Denmark by "being dicatated to by a foreign entity"?

42 minutes ago, jvs said:

maybe you should look up debt to GDP for the US?

And you are saying the EU will fail?

Topic is supposed to be about CA & EU, but we know that's BS, as I stated earlier.

https://aseannow.com/topic/1391694-should-canada-be-given-the-option-of-joining-the-eu/#findComment-20455593

Shows with your post also. Just another bash USA thread. More to follow I'm sure.

HAVE A NICE DAY

5 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Topic is supposed to be about CA & EU, but we know that's BS, as I stated earlier.

https://aseannow.com/topic/1391694-should-canada-be-given-the-option-of-joining-the-eu/#findComment-20455593

Shows with your post also. Just another bash USA thread. More to follow I'm sure.

HAVE A NICE DAY

Don't worry about me!

13 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Topic is supposed to be about CA & EU, but we know that's BS, as I stated earlier.

https://aseannow.com/topic/1391694-should-canada-be-given-the-option-of-joining-the-eu/#findComment-20455593

Shows with your post also. Just another bash USA thread. More to follow I'm sure.

HAVE A NICE DAY

Funny how you enter the thread and make it all about the US and Trump, a person you claim you don't support, but waist no opportunity defending.😆

Meanwhile, in Canada. Someone recently described being in Canada as living above a meth lab.😂

3 minutes ago, BLMFem said:

Funny how you enter the thread and make it all about the US and Trump, a person you claim you don't support, but waist no opportunity defending.😆

You brought up the 'lunacy of the US' in the OP. Then 3rd post and Trump enters.

Has nothing to do with me, except I pointed out the real purpose of your thread, IMHO.

BYE BYE

17 minutes ago, BLMFem said:

Meanwhile, in Canada. Someone recently described being in Canada as living above a meth lab.

Probably because that is the "Meth" induced state that the person was in!

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

You brought up the 'lunacy of the US' in the OP. Then 3rd post and Trump enters.

Has nothing to do with me, except I pointed out the real purpose of your thread, IMHO.

BYE BYE

The real purpose of the thread is made abundantly clear in the title of the thread:

"Should Canada be given the option of joining the EU?"

If I wanted to start a thread about Trump/the US, I would have started a thread about Trump/the US. It's not like it's hard finding anything to bash Trump/the US for.

Au contraire, at present time it's like shooting fish in a barrel.

On 4/8/2026 at 4:29 PM, CallumWK said:

Those joint statements are because they are still united on other fronts. NATO is one of them, health and food standards is another, but there are more

The missing poll option is this: the EU would benefit from Canadian membership, while Canada would not.

The real point is that the EU would probably benefit from Canada. The more important question is whether Canada would benefit enough from full membership to justify giving up more autonomy to the EU’s legal and political framework. Right now, Canada already seems to have the more sensible version of that relationship: CETA, the EU-Canada Security and Defence Partnership signed on 23 June 2025, and new digital trade talks launched in March 2026. That is likely the smarter balance — close cooperation without full incorporation.

And beyond the politics, there is the legal reality: Canada is not a European country and would not qualify for EU membership under the rules as they stand today.