{"id":101932,"date":"2026-04-17T03:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=101932"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:47:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:47:36","slug":"canada-joining-the-eu-is-a-terrible-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/04\/17\/canada-joining-the-eu-is-a-terrible-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada joining the EU is a terrible idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the social media site formerly known as <em>Twitter<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeanAllisonMP\/status\/2044495124500013499\" target=\"_blank\">Dean Allison<\/a> explains a few of the reasons Canada should <em>not<\/em> be attempting to join the European Union, despite Prime Minister Carney&#8217;s obvious love for the idea:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-16-at-11-44-29-Dean-Allison-on-X-One-of-the-dumbest-ideas-floating-around-right-now-Canada-joining-the-European-Union.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-16-at-11-44-29-Dean-Allison-on-X-One-of-the-dumbest-ideas-floating-around-right-now-Canada-joining-the-European-Union.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"152\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-16-at-11-44-29-Dean-Allison-on-X-One-of-the-dumbest-ideas-floating-around-right-now-Canada-joining-the-European-Union.png 564w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-16-at-11-44-29-Dean-Allison-on-X-One-of-the-dumbest-ideas-floating-around-right-now-Canada-joining-the-European-Union-480x129.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-16-at-11-44-29-Dean-Allison-on-X-One-of-the-dumbest-ideas-floating-around-right-now-Canada-joining-the-European-Union-150x40.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the dumbest ideas floating around right now: Canada joining the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t a trade deal. This is a surrender.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t &#8220;partner&#8221; with the EU. You hand power to unelected technocrats in Brussels who dictate policy across 27 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s be clear what that means for Canada:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You lose control of monetary policy. Goodbye independent Bank of Canada.<\/li>\n<li>Your federal budget gets reviewed and constrained by foreign bureaucrats.<\/li>\n<li>Regulations get imposed from overseas with zero accountability to Canadians.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s censorship.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t sovereignty. It&#8217;s outsourcing it.<\/p>\n<p>As Brian Lilley points out, we&#8217;d be giving up more control than in any U.S. trade deal.<\/p>\n<p>Rejecting becoming the 51st state of the U.S. only to become the 28th state of Europe isn&#8217;t strategy, it&#8217;s pure stupidity! <\/p>\n<p>And Canadians will pay the price.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s obvious love for the idea: One of the dumbest ideas floating around right now: Canada joining the European Union. This isn&#8217;t a trade deal. 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