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[โ€“] Sunshine@piefed.ca 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Canadians need to up their standards and stop setting on being American-lite.

[โ€“] Jhex@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

I have been in Canada for over 20 years and little by little I have realized most of what I like from Canada is what we inherited/copied from Europe and everything I hate came from the dumpster fire below.

As always, the devil is in the details, but in general I would welcome any stronger alliance with the EU

[โ€“] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

According to the article, Canada is above the average EU member on property rights protection, judicial independence, regulatory coherence, trade openness, and social security systems, low corruption, regulatory clarity, and overall investment climate, higher education quality, corporate research and development spending, patent registrations, and the diffusion of advanced technologies โ€”from broadband infrastructure to digital services. The next line: In short, Canada already behaves like a de facto member of the club in all but name.

[โ€“] Sunshine@piefed.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Our food, climate and vehicle standards need to be upgraded though.

[โ€“] Asetru@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Sounds manageable. ๐Ÿคท

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