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Hey, Canada! Have you considered EU membership?
I don't think Canada should fully be in the EU, but some kind of set of bilateral arrangements like Switzerland has would be a good start.
Since Canada has lots of historical ties with the UK, it might work out well to have some kind of arrangement with the UK, Canada and the EU. That would let Britain start to undo some of the damage from Brexit, while also allowing Canada to reinforce those ties to the UK.
We didn't know we had that option. But hell yeah... what do we have to do? Make Google and Apple put a "West Europe" label over Canada?
"West West Europe"
That would actually be hilarious
And not even impossible. The EU council and commission can basically freely decide if a state counts as "European".
I think the biggest hurdle might be that Canada would immediately be the 5th most powerful member state because of their population.
40 is three million more than Ukraine, both in between Spain and Poland. Having a couple more mid-sized countries would enable integration of Turkey which eeks out Germany in terms of population.
As the EU mostly does not decide population based but with equal votes per country that wouldn't be an issue.
The larger issue is the fact that the European and US regulations clash in a lot of things so it would be harder for Canadian companies to export to the US then.
But otherwise: We would absolutely welcome you.
it would be harder for Canadian companies to export to the US then.
I don't think that's gonna be a problem soon
Canada-US trade agreements not looking so binding ATM.
If the orange turd rips it up at will, the Canadian government should too
The EU is talking to Turkey about membership (on and off...), and I would say that Canada is more European than Turkey.
Canada even shares a border with Europe, so I would say it's close enough.
And a continental plate
Actual membership for Turkey hasn't been a serious option for a long time. Turkey knows it, EU knows it. There simply is no other label than "candidate" that could better describe what TR means to the EU. They want to keep it as close as possible, and TR benefits from it, a lot. A symbiosis, if you will. As for the Switzerland model, the EU clearly stated, multiple times, that they don't want to repeat the unholy mess of relations they created with CH and, in fact, would rather transform it to something in line with stock EU foreign policy.
I would honestly be stoked
We still use the u's (colour, etc.). Is that a prerequisite?
That just shows that you did not fall into the degenerate ways of your southern neighbours.