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Terry Newman: Standing alone is brave, actually

It's one thing for the PM to make deals on behalf of Canada with other nations. It's another thing entirely for him to bind us to them

The 21st Canada-European Union Summit kicked off in Montreal this week, and so far, it looks like Prime Minister Mark Carney and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen forgot to compare notes.

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In her speech, Von der Leyen, once again, used the term “associate member” and said that Canada and the EU could “build a partnership that comes closer to membership than anything we’ve done before.”

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What is that supposed to mean?

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Von der Leyen stated the obvious about Canada not being able to become a full member, due to our geography, but said, “We........

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