Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "What if Canada Joined the European Union?" video.
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It's possible but it seems unlikely, mainly because of the EU and it's policy on only European countries being able to join the union, but if it wasn't for that and the EU was more open to countries outside of Europe joining, then that would open up the door to many countries want to join and I think the EU should be more open to that idea and base it on countries of like-minded thinking, democracy and values, which Canada would likely qualify on.
There is also Greenland, if they were to join the EU or become part of Denmark, the EU would more or less have a boarder with Canada and let's be blunt, democracies around the world are under siege, the US is slipping on that one, going as far as supporting dictatorships around the world, but let's be honest, the US has been slipping on democracy for some time now.
The EU and its members are among the few, at least powerful ones pushing still for democracy, I know there are others like Canada, Australia, Japan and so on, but let's be honest, these are too small in a world that we have China, Russia as a dictatorship and the US quickly slipping into one, the EU is the only other player left that's powerful enough and has a lot of democratic values.
I don't want to be an alarmist, but if the EU countries don't get their act together and the US continues to slip into a dictatorship, it could end up leading to world war 3, and even thought that might seem laughable right now, things can change very quickly, just look at the US and how it's become far more hostile as a country since 9/11 and it's just getting worse in the US.
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