The EU would be a massive undertaking, but it removes a vulnerability we have, which is our unfortunate dependence on the United States, which quite frankly, may not exist next year, let alone 10 years from now. Where I disagree is on the need to be friendly. We need not be friendly if they are hostile. We don't need to be hostile in return, but we shouldn't endeavour to act like we have in the past. At this point in time, they are a hostile nation engaged in active sabotage against us.
I'm also not worried about companies fleeing to the US. Firstly, I believe that unless they fix their shit right now, there will not be a US in the near future. Business hates uncertainty, and the stock markets are showing that. The EU has many business that HQ in the EU even under their "stifling" regulations. That would continue to be true for many Canadian businesses especially when those markets open up entirely to them, without the worry of currency imbalance affecting their ability to sell.
Why would we want to return to a normal where one guy can wreck our economy. Not to mention, the US will never be the same again. Why the fuck would we want to lash ourselves to an empire that is dying in real time?
In a sane timeline, people would realize the coup has already happened. The US already has a dictator. This is the night of long knives portion of the slow moving coup.
Perhaps a Federal leader who can be felt like doing something real would be a good start.
I'm a long term party member. I have mostly voted NDP since the early 2000s. I have a pic of myself shaking Mr Singh's hand after running into him in an airport.
But anything he has done during this whole crisis has been like a fart in the wind. Meanwhile, I see Charlie Angus all over the place doing what Mr Singh should be doing, standing up for Canada.
The reason you see so much imperial is because of proximity to the US and sourcing data.
We sell clothes and shoes with US sizes. I know what my waist and chest size is, but I actually have no idea what those measurements convert to in real units. I know what 10cm is. I have no idea what 10 inches is, other than it's just shy of a 3rd of a meter.
I cook a lot, both indoor and outdoor. I know I cook my steaks to 135F, which is
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in real temperature, but I know that's medium rare. My oven is F only, and so is my smoker. All of my cooking thermometers are F only. Any recipes or directions I get for cooking are usually in F because they are American sources.
Yet, my car and house thermostats are in C, because I know what those measurements are. They are meaningful to me.
Believe me, I want nothing more than for everything to be measured in real units, but until we stop buying so much from the US, it's not going to happen.
OK, I don't disagree with those points.
The EU would be a massive undertaking, but it removes a vulnerability we have, which is our unfortunate dependence on the United States, which quite frankly, may not exist next year, let alone 10 years from now. Where I disagree is on the need to be friendly. We need not be friendly if they are hostile. We don't need to be hostile in return, but we shouldn't endeavour to act like we have in the past. At this point in time, they are a hostile nation engaged in active sabotage against us.
I'm also not worried about companies fleeing to the US. Firstly, I believe that unless they fix their shit right now, there will not be a US in the near future. Business hates uncertainty, and the stock markets are showing that. The EU has many business that HQ in the EU even under their "stifling" regulations. That would continue to be true for many Canadian businesses especially when those markets open up entirely to them, without the worry of currency imbalance affecting their ability to sell.