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General BuyEuropean product database: https://buy-european.net/ (relevant post with background info)
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Switching your tech to European TLDR: https://better-tech.eu/tldr/ (relevant post)
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Buy European meta website with useful links: https://gohug.eu/ (relevant post)
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What is kinda wild to me is that I have read about a dozen articles like this and not one of them actually indicates what benefit Canada would get from joining the EU, apart from 'we all know that America sucks', but being in the EU doesn't actually solve that either.
Some things I can think of:
It provides a better chance to mutually recognize education and professional experience. It helps with both our export markets to each other. It motivates us to improve our tax system and other archaic regulations. We have an easier time at border checkpoints and can more easily immigrate for work across continents. We can move to a Euro-pegged currency or the Euro itself if we so choose and meet the European fiscal standards.
We can improve Canada in any way we want. We don't need the EU to do that. There is nothing that stops us from recognizing EU credentials but ourselves.
I don't see how pegging the CAD to the Euro would be useful.
I agree on negotiating freedom of movement, potentially joining Schengen. Same for negotiating recognition of Canadian credentials in Europe although that's less of a problem, usually the other direction is the problem.
There are some ups and downsides to the member perks. As for the exchange rate, we could have a stable bloc rate rather than one that is more or less correlated to the price of oil or US events.
We can accept credentials but the bigger benefit is if the Bloc can accept Canadian ones, which is best achieve through agreement.
I think that joining the Schengen Area is inclusive of people's idea of "open to discussion of Canada joining Europe". Do we want or need to join the EU tomorrow? In my opinion not really but its a good time to foster a closer relationship and gradually remove barriers between Canada and the bloc.
Do you just fundamentally not understand what the EU is, or are you looking for some specific details?
Weird that its hard for you you to understand what the question here is.
What is the benefit to Canada of joining the EU?
What benefit do any countries get from being in the EU? It'd be that.
Cool, so I can use my rail pass to go from Berlin to Ottawa?
You can't be this silly.
You get free, unrestricted access to the largest trade market (in terms of GDP per capita), not to mention access to billions upon billions of euros in grants.
And how much is that worth compared to the contribution Canada would have to make to the EU common fund?
What is missing from here, despite the amount of supposedly real journalism, is any meaningful analysis. This isn't a serious effort without actual numbers.
Mate, free access to the market itself is worth it. And then you get being part of a single massive market as a bonus. As far as contributions go: it all depends on the state of your economy. Here's a neat little table:
Picked the countries at random. So, sure, Canada might end up paying more than it receives, but even that sometimes is a good thing overall - strong economies that trade with you mean also more money coming to your budget. And receiving grants for one specific thing often help realise that specific thing, when trying to finance it from your own budget would be impossible because "there are always more important things". For example: the entire military industry is now being boosted by the EU money, even in countries such as Germany and France.
Where I agree with you is that a larger analysis would be necessary. One of the pain points I can see is that being in the EU means open borders between EU countries, but pretty strict border control on the "EU borders". That would mean Canada would have to fortify the Canada-US border, which is physically impossible.
And that's the ONLY benefit?
One economic union without hurdles, freedom of movement inside the schengen area? Increased cooperation between other EU member states? Haven't you heard Carney's speech about middle powers?