I agree about Ukraine and the UK, but the inclusion of Canada is more complicated. However, you can make a strong argument for including Canada in the EEA or ETFA, which would have similar effects without some of the geopolitical problems.

April 11, 2026 - 15:32 UTC

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Or just wait for AMOC shutdown. Then we can walk from Kyiv past Greenland to Montreal and back.
Live off the land, hunt polar bears, ach, all that fun!
And tell stories from the record heatwaves in summers of course. "50°C in June in Lytton? Survive a summer in Paris, I say!"
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What specifically makes it complicated? Just curious, I'm wondering if you're thinking of things I haven't considered.
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The most straightforward is that Canada doesn't/can't satisfy the Copenhagen criteria's geographic requirement. Canada also has regulatory and institutional complexity that makes adopting the whole of EU law, inclusion in the TENs, and other parts of EU integration infeasible.
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