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[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 3 points 3 hours ago

Do it! I certainly won't complain about the potential added bonus of becoming an EU citizen.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 53 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It would be fucking funny for Canada to join the EU, adopt the Euro and get into Schengen before the UK.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 37 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Easy now, let's not get ahead of the first step of EU entry:

Eurovision.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

well then even funnier if it were australia - literally as far away as possible - now that we’ve been tariffed too!

[–] Zier@fedia.io 20 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Canada wins first Eurovision with Celine Dion doing a dance remix of "O Canada".

[–] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 2 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Doesn’t she have lock jaw?

Stiff-person-syndrome

There is a recent documentary on Prime about her in which they talk about this a lot. It’s very sad.

[–] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

This is Celine Dion we're talking about, her talent transcends

[–] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

So she DOES have lock jaw?

[–] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

Oh I have no idea

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

CBC is already an Associate Partner of Eurovision, they are technically able to compete.

[–] MoonlightFox@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

This would be great and hilarious.

Kinda like how Putin wanted less NATO influence and then Finland and Sweden joined after the Ukraine war.

FAFO.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 12 points 21 hours ago

Camera pans to UK.

Cue Curb Your Enthusiasm theme.

[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 9 points 20 hours ago

Australia is really missing the boat here. Too busy trying to be a small target instead of getting ahead of the game. We’re already part of Eurovision FFS

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Would be nice to get a member with a working economy for a change :D

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 4 points 18 hours ago

Better hurry up then before trumpcession causes it real damage

[–] Lemmist@lemm.ee 9 points 21 hours ago

That would be cool. And I am not an EU country citizen, but from a country that has some chance to become one eventually.

[–] intelisense@lemm.ee 7 points 20 hours ago

This would be nice, but it's not going to help Canada that much in the stupid trade war that Trump just started for the same reason the U.K. was never going to make up for trade lost with the E.U. by forging new trade agreements with the U.S.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 6 points 20 hours ago