Canada is not part of Europe. The EU charter would require rewriting, and thats unlikely to happen.
this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2025
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Capitalists are gonna have a meltdown when we'll have to implement the 4 weeks minimum paid vacation, banked overtime with a yearly limit, bretter minimum wage, tougher regulations on food and environment protection. Etc.
Yet i can get behind this framework as something good for the population. Itβs like a NDP program but more realistic and with economic growth with our peers as a target.
This year (most years) i will vote Liberal but i did vote NDP on and off in the past and my circumscription changes from red to orange often in the last two decades.
I'm still voting NDP. We can still get a minority liberal government with a strong NDP coalition.
No. Unless they change a party ked by Singh is not getting my vote. I'm not even sure about the liberals yet we'll have to see what he does so far not looking good. And cons are a no.
~~Yeah... Just learned this week Carney has ties to Ghislaine Maxwell (or his wife rather). Jeffrey Epstein's right hand.~~
~~Isn't it funny how all these rich elites all have ties to that motherfucker? I don't want to be a conspiracy theorist, but man it's getting difficult.~~
Edit: Holy shit I got duped hard. Turns out it was all fake.
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I've always been an NDP voter but my anxiety about Cons winning might push a liberal vote from me this time. I don't love it, but I am also just terrified.
It's a shame really. I'm not a fan of PP by any means. But he's right when he says it's going to be more of the same, i fear.
That is my fear. I don't want more of the same. I want less immigration but neither party is running on that.
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Iβll probably get called entitled, but even 3 weeks isnβt enough, and I know thatβs more than many people get.
You're not entitled, your advocating for yourself and others. Work should not be our whole lives.
Youβre being reasonable.
It's ridiculous. And 2 days of paid sick days per year? Like wtf
Fucking worth the extra taxes. The EU isn't perfect, but they're still sane enough to back.
Taxes actually save you money.
Ya, I bet those aren't the people in favour.
Fun fact, Canadians can legislate these things on our own, without having to also adopt a whole bunch of European dysfunction.
Actually, it's a prerequisite for getting into the European dysfunction.
Why does everyone think it's a binary choice somehow?
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That would be the craziest shit to be honest, but I sure welcome you all!
We need stronger ally relationships, considering things are going south with our Southern ally!
I would support stronger ties to Canada, but Canada is not exactly in Europe
Why would that matter? It's a political and economical union, not a geographical one.
As the parliament says
In order to apply for EU membership, a country has to be European and respect the EU's democratic values
Since according to Article 49
The applicant country must [...] be a European state;
https://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/0ae670d2-1ece-4994-b1e3-adda39e1c6de.0006.03/DOC_1
Cyprus isn't in Europe at all and is in the EU. You just have to be "substantially" European, according to whatever committee.
Failing that, it's possible to be in the EU in every way but officially. Norway and Switzerland have that situation.
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What if we just take Canada and move it over a little?
Thinking outside the ~~box~~ continent. I like it
So are many parts of the Netherlands or France, for example
Local residents are not Europeans, they don't necessarily even use euro despite their mainland countries doing just that, but they are residents of the European Union.
True, but 'being in the EU' is actually not that simple, and these territories have special statuses and and are not part of the 'core EU'. Here is a simple visualization
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Fuck yeeeah!
Why would this be surprising given the state of things?
I don't think Canada needs the Euro or the Stability and Growth Pact straightjacket. We also don't need European xenophobic attitudes towards immigration.
Let's have a customs union, and let's have closer integration and cooperation, but let's keep our independence.
Signed, a dual citizen.
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Cmon Eddies!
It won't happen
not with that attitude