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Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member'

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delichon · 1789653589 · focus · HN ↗
Reaction from the Canadian opposition leader:
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  The Prime Minister can’t seem to get his story straight about the “associate membership,” “unique alliance,” or whatever else he is negotiating with the EU.

  Conservatives are clear: we support the decades-old free trade &amp; NATO defence alliance with Europe.

  But no EU taxes, no EU laws, and no EU open-border immigration policies should be imposed on Canadians.

  Canada must be independent and sovereign. Period.
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1. ChrisRR · 1789654424 · focus · HN ↗
  It sounds like they need to read what an associate membership is before they complain about it then
  1. AlexandrB · 1789654506 · focus · HN ↗
    It doesn't seem like anyone knows what it is yet since it's a new thing. But free movement of people for work is mentioned in almost every article about it.
    hedora · 1789657893 · focus · HN ↗
    It would need to be actually negotiated and stuff, but the opposition quote is just agreeing with all the public statements I have seen from the EU and Canadian leadership.
    So, I guess the opposition supports associate membership in everything but name.

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