On the social media site formerly known as Twitter, Dean Allison explains a few of the reasons Canada should not be attempting to join the European Union, despite Prime Minister Carney’s obvious love for the idea:
One of the dumbest ideas floating around right now: Canada joining the European Union.
This isn’t a trade deal. This is a surrender.
You don’t “partner” with the EU. You hand power to unelected technocrats in Brussels who dictate policy across 27 countries.
Let’s be clear what that means for Canada:
- You lose control of monetary policy. Goodbye independent Bank of Canada.
- Your federal budget gets reviewed and constrained by foreign bureaucrats.
- Regulations get imposed from overseas with zero accountability to Canadians.
And if you think Ottawa is slow now, wait until every decision requires EU-level consensus. Nothing gets done without layers of approvals, committees, and political trade-offs across continents.
Then there’s censorship.
The EU is aggressively regulating online speech, platforms, and content. Handing them influence over Canada means more control over what you see, say, and share.
This isn’t sovereignty. It’s outsourcing it.
As Brian Lilley points out, we’d be giving up more control than in any U.S. trade deal.
Rejecting becoming the 51st state of the U.S. only to become the 28th state of Europe isn’t strategy, it’s pure stupidity!
And Canadians will pay the price.
