Historic First or Symbolic Gesture? What Canada’s Associate EU Membership Could Mean

If Canada joins the European Union show, it will only be from the upper balcony

It might be disappointing to some Canadians – or maybe a relief – but ‘associate membership’ to the EU doesn’t look like it would change much of anything

Historic first or symbolic gesture? What Canada’s associate EU membership could mean

Canada is looking for closer ties with the European Union amid a deepening trade war with the United States and clashes with Donald Trump. James C. Reynolds looks at what we know so far

Canada’s ‘associate’ EU membership a new title, but an old idea

As Carney scales that mountain, he’ll be challenged to sell the notion to the Canadian Parliament and the wider public. And that could see him run up against difficult political realities.