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I kind of made a point like this in the other thread - during Brexit it was a very hard No from the EU that they couldn’t negotiate on key points such as freedo
by gizajob 1mo ago
I kind of made a point like this in the other thread - during Brexit it was a very hard No from the EU that they couldn’t negotiate on key points such as freedom of movement, and countries are either IN and have everything the EU comes with, or they’re out. Now, it seems, that Canada is being offered a favourable half-in arrangement simply because they’ve never before been involved. Seems pretty bizarre and arbitrary for the EU, but also totally standard for the EU because it’s bizarre and arbitrary.
- foldr 1mo agoThis potential deal for Canada comes with compromises which would obviously be unacceptable to the UK (e.g. no full voting rights).
- gizajob 1mo agoLikely as unacceptable to Canadians.
- rsynnott 1mo agoEEA nations (Norway, Iceland etc) have found them acceptable, and preferable to fully joining up.
- thunderfork 1mo agoIt's fine by me (sample size 1 Canuck)
- fidotron 1mo agoDoes anyone actually know publicly what is and isn't the deal for associate membership? At least here (in Canada) I'm not seeing any concrete details.
- jeromegv 1mo agoNo, nothing public, we are all speculating. But we can surely guess at 99% that Canada would get no voting power, being that we are in North America and Canada isn't interested in that kind of arrangement.
- drdexebtjl 1mo agoThe crucial distinction is which half is in which “half-in” agreement. They are not offering Canada conditions that the UK would have wanted.