RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 19 days agoFrench foreign minister suggests Canada could 'maybe ... at some point' join EUwww.cp24.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkFrench foreign minister suggests Canada could 'maybe ... at some point' join EUwww.cp24.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 19 days agomessage-square21linkfedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareacargitz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoThat’s what’s funny. We both agree that joining the EU is losing control. You want that control to stay in Canada because you want to keep people out and you think the EU will force us to let them in. I want that control to stay in Canada because I want to bring people in and I think the EU will force us to keep them out. We arrive at the same position (Canada must retain control) from precisely inverse paths. So we agree on what Canada’s EU policy should be. And we are in diametric disagreement about what Canada’s immigration policy should be.
minus-squareAGM@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·16 days agoI was writing why I think it’s politically untenable and won’t be accepted by Canadians, not about my own views of immigration.
That’s what’s funny. We both agree that joining the EU is losing control.
You want that control to stay in Canada because you want to keep people out and you think the EU will force us to let them in.
I want that control to stay in Canada because I want to bring people in and I think the EU will force us to keep them out.
We arrive at the same position (Canada must retain control) from precisely inverse paths.
So we agree on what Canada’s EU policy should be. And we are in diametric disagreement about what Canada’s immigration policy should be.
I was writing why I think it’s politically untenable and won’t be accepted by Canadians, not about my own views of immigration.