Minister of International Trade says Canada should apply for EU membership: “Canada is only 19km from France.”

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/06/minister-of-international-trade-says-canada-should-apply-for-eu-membership-canada-is-only-19km-from-france/

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alsimoneau@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 1y (1 reply)

We also have a land border with Denmark

Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y

I’m glad to have Denmark by our side 🇨🇦🇩🇰

Octospider@lemm.ee · 18 pts · 1y (2 replies)

FYI, this is the Beaverton y'all. It's satire.

grue@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

So? That doesn't mean it isn't a good idea.

YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y

Technically they’re correct.

Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Canada shares borders with Denmark and France 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇫🇷

Democracies together strong 🦍

When often people like to assume we “only have America” as our neighbour 👎

slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org · 7 pts · 1y

You unfortunately have that bog tumor right on your ass, so it's not really a surprise

monogram@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 1y
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nyan@lemmy.cafe · -1 pts · 1y

Well, until the issues around Hans Island were settled (which happened only a few years ago), our only land border was the one with the US, so they're just being very technical while operating on outdated information.

mintiefresh@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 1y

Would love to see Canada join the EU.

melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

I have a good idea for a pipeline/chunnel if this happens.