🟢 Juno Jump Start: Canada’s EU “associate member” status imminent

The rumours were true. Canada is being welcomed with open arms as the EU’s newest, though still-prospective, member state.

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Earlier today, during a State of the European Union address, the head of the EU, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that she would be actively working with PM Mark Carney to make Canada an associate member.

This is despite Carney, just days ago, stating that these were just rumours and that he wasn’t pursuing such a thing, rather a

According to Ursula, a trade deal isn’t enough. She wants to take and expand the Canada-EU Trade Agreement into a full-on “alliance for the future”, tying Canada’s fate to the whims of the EU while Carney lets go of the reins. Keep reading.

In response to Carney’s embrace of the EU, Trump has also chimed in to issue a warning, saying that Canada joining the EU could be viewed as a “hostile act”.

However, instead of hitting Canada with more tariffs, Trump has set his sights on the EU, hoping to dissuade the other side from keeping the door to associate membership open. Keep reading.

Of course, no one voted for any of this, but given Carney’s international history, it’s not wholly surprising.

Yesterday, it was also revealed that Carney’s flagship “Invest in Canada” summit would be produced by the American E2K Events x Entertainment, which is run by Olmstead Productions Inc. in California.

Their message for the summit reads “Choose Canada”. Keep reading.

In addition, Carney decided that the people running Canada’s four largest airports “don’t have to be Canadian” anymore.

Instead, the Liberals are now looking for private operators for airports in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal while retaining federal ownership of the underlying land, with the hopes of attracting additional investment.

According to reports, Carney knew this deal wouldn’t go over well with the public and hastily summoned an emergency meeting with his caucus on Monday, barring other staff from attending out of fear of potential leaks. Keep reading.

While all of this was happening, the Liberal Deputy House Leader, Arielle Kayabaga, launched a petition for a bill that would radically change Canadian journalism forever, making the documentation of failed Liberal policies illegal.

Under the conceived bill, it will be illegal to “knowingly record in public” anyone who is “experiencing” homelessness, a “mental health crisis” — which could be anyone — or “significant impairment” from drugs and alcohol, creating a scope so broad that anyone caught recording footage in a Canadian city could be subject to prosecution. Keep reading.

With all of this on the table, it isn’t particularly surprising why a sizeable portion of the Albertan population is seriously considering separation — Canada’s own government doesn’t appear to be ‘for Canada’ either!

Moreover, new numbers for the estimated cost of leaving Canada have been released, and they’re significantly lower than expected.

While the first figures released put the potential cost for Alberta to leave Canada at around $400 billion, a new report estimates that the maximum cost for leaving would likely be closer to $170 billion — and that’s only if things don’t go well. Keep reading.

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