I have no intention of pretending Canada is a sanctuary from bureaucracy. We have considerable domestic expertise in making a straightforward task take longer than a human being can reasonably remain interested.
While all those points are fair the real reason is major players in Europe do not want to water down EU laws and associate membership implied canada would get some of the benefits without the legal obligations which EU fairly is realizing wont work. Canada would need to pursue a Norway- or Switzerland- like deal that gives up on some sovereignty but canadians are not too warm to that idea either. In the end it will probably just mean more trade agreements and not much more.
Canadian politics in a nutshell.
“Canada want’s to become more like the EU.”
*Look inside
Institutional racism against Indigenous people
Breakdown of national environmental protections
Selling weapons to Israel
Training Israeli troops
Selling weapons to the Saudis
Helping the US murder fishing crews
It was nice to think of, and I was excited… but let’s not pretend we’re a global leader of freedom and democracy. At least, not anymore.
While all those points are fair the real reason is major players in Europe do not want to water down EU laws and associate membership implied canada would get some of the benefits without the legal obligations which EU fairly is realizing wont work. Canada would need to pursue a Norway- or Switzerland- like deal that gives up on some sovereignty but canadians are not too warm to that idea either. In the end it will probably just mean more trade agreements and not much more.
When Trump signs CUSMA, all this EU talk will dissappear.
US signatures are signed in pencil as was fairly put by Carney, and noticed by the world.
Are you forgetting he signed the last one?