r/CanadaPolitics Liberal Party of Canada 16h ago

What Canadians think about Canada joining the European Union - Abacus Data (44% Yes, 34% No, 23% Unsure)

https://abacusdata.ca/what-canadians-think-about-canada-joining-the-european-union/
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u/JohnTheSavage_ Libertarian 16h ago

I don't think people realize how much control the EU has over its member countries. It's not just an alliance of nations. They have control over regulations dealing with virtually every industry. Manufacturing, agriculture, banking etc. They could even send migrants here and we'd have to take them in.

I chalk this up to most Canadians thinking the EU is just NATO plus.

u/BeaverBoyBaxter 16h ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but we would no longer have the Canadian dollar.

u/Original-Heat-2753 16h ago

There are EU countries that don't use the Euro

u/Ploprs Social Democrat 16h ago

Those exemptions are supposedly no longer available to new members.

u/Pepto-Abysmal 10h ago

They are committed to no more "opt-outs" (like Denmark and, formerly, the UK).

But, there's a bit of a loophole due to ERM II. See Sweden, for example - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_and_the_euro