According to a survey conducted by The Globe and Mail, 58% of Canadians believe that their country should consider joining the European Union (EU). The same survey also shows that one-fourth of respondents go further and “think it would be wise for Canada to officially join the economic and political bloc of European nations.”
Bruce Anderson, director of strategy at surveyor Spark Advocacy, sees in his poll a desire of Canadians to find ways to reduce their country’s dependence on the United States: “What we have observed obviously constitutes a real shock to Canadians’ perception of the status quo and its sustainability.”
The idea of closer political ties mentioned last year is gaining ground. On March 11, European lawmakers adopted a report calling for “in a context of global turmoil” a closer cooperation between the EU and Canada, fully implementing their security and defense partnership and facilitating the ratification of their Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Ceta).
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Five days later, according to Le Devoir, the French Foreign Minister
