Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson joked there may be a place for Canada in the European Union to join “like-minded” nations as “the most Nordic country in the world outside the Nordics.”
“European Union is obviously a matter of geography, you can hear that from the name,” Kristersson told CTV Question Period host Vassy Kapelos when asked for his opinion on comments by other world leaders that Canada should join the EU.
“But it is also a matter of values, and a matter of what countries would you like to integrate together with in different aspects,” he added, laughing. “So, it’s not for me to say, but the European Union is a very welcoming club for (the) like-minded.”
Finnish President Alexander Stubb made headlines last month when he commented on the possibility of Canada joining the EU. Asked by Kapelos about those comments during an interview on CTV Question Period at the time, Stubb said he wasn’t the one who raised the idea, but that he hopes Canada and the EU can “be as close as possible.”
“I would embrace you, because I think you guys are great, and you would slot into the system like nothing before,” Stubb said of the hypothetical scenario.
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I do agree with this and I would love to remove the royal family from our money but I do like the themes the mint comes out with every so often for the coins and the bills. With the removal of the Canadian dollar we cannot have those themes anymore, which would make me sad!
I am more of a fan of a CANZUK (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK) currency sure we would keep the royals on our currency but I am sure there would be more freedom to make themes seeing as how it would be a smaller block. Maybe we could through Japan and South Korea in there to remove the royals and still keep the themes? Or maybe we could just agree on coin shapes and bill colours and each country could do their own themes!