Carney's Bid to Make Canada an 'Associate Member' of the EU(www.wsj.com)
16 pointsby JumpCrisscross3 hours ago3 comments
  • tempest_3 hours ago
    If he is successful that would provide a road map for other nations to turn away from US hegemony and make deeper connections with Europe instead. Probably makes it easier that Canada is western and a commonwealth country. Carney definitely has the experience and connections in Europe to have a good chance at success.
    • vivekdan hour ago
      I know hacker news is cheering for Carney and it's a nice David vs Goliath story. But as a Canadian - look I'm no fan of Trump, I don't appreciate what Trump said. But I'm not a fan of Carny's handling of this. There are alot of Canadian jobs at stake here and I don't think our leaders are handling this responsibly.

      The only nations in the world that are "standing up to Trump" are China and Brazil. .

      That's not good company to be in. Every other country, including most of Europe, has hammered out some kind of deal with America

      I think our leaders, and frankly most of our country, needs to grow up and be pragmatic. Is what Trump is saying acceptable? No. But am I willing to see 10s of thousands of Canadians lose their job over some spat with the current American president? No

      Thing about "American hegemony" and "middle power". And this "associate member of the EU" without any clear defined role or responsibility of privilege therein seems to be more political theater when what we need is results. I'm sorry but as a Canadian I feel like our leaders are morons more interested in their legacy and fame than they are in the wellbeing of everyday Canadians

      • clipsy44 minutes ago
        > Every other country, including most of Europe, has hammered out some kind of deal with America

        So did Canada, and Trump wiped his ass with the deal the moment he needed a distraction from another scandal. Canada is lucky to have leadership that understands the next "deal" will be equally disposable to America.

    • ianpenneyan hour ago
      He already did at Davos. And then Justin Bieber played the greatest performance of his life at the Grammys. Both of these were in high registers that went unnoticed - and they were absolutely related.

      We’re moving on.

      • g8oz4 minutes ago
        Maybe Carney needs to post the kind of macho memes that Trump does for you to take him seriously.
  • jterrysan hour ago
    Shame that the Canadians don't have any significant ports open towards the Atlantic. Vancouver dwarfs everything.
    • slipheen12 minutes ago
      The St. Lawrence Seaway traffic isn't at Vancouver levels, but it's far from negligible.

      In the relatively long-term, I'm also interested to see what's going to happen with the expansions at Churchill. It's still certainly small right now but there's an interesting opportunity going the northern route.

  • gedyan hour ago
    It's been some years but when visiting Quebec there seemed to be a noticable push to have Quebec align with the EU. I remember the Quebec and EU flags hanging on buildings, etc.