AMID US president Donald Trump’s tariffs and annexation threats, Sigmar Gabriel, former German vice chancellor and foreign minister, made a curious suggestion in an interview with German media outlet The Pioneer: invite Canada into the European Union. Soon after, Guy Verhofstadt, former prime minister of Belgium, addressed Canada on X to say that “[t]here is no reason why EU membership should be off the table.” The thought of this North Atlantic alliance excited some Canadians and Europeans—one YouTube video even theorized how “CANEU” (read: canoe) would be a “global superpower.”
To learn more about what the possibilities are for Canada and the EU, I spoke with Mark Camilleri, president and CEO of the Canada EU Trade and Investment Association—CEUTIA—based in Brussels.
“In terms of trade, what similarities do Canada and the EU share?”
There’s a lot of complementarities when you go across sectors. Take mining, for example. Canada has an abundance of natural resources that the EU doesn’t have, but Europe creates and makes a lot of industrial equipment that helps extract those resources. Europe has a certain need for these resources as part of their own economic security.
If you take a look at the fertilizer that Canada produces, Europe needs it to support their agricultural sector. Another example is nuclear energy. Nuclear is going through a renaissance at the moment, and Canada can basically cover the full supply chain from mining uranium to building nuclear reactors.
Naval tradition gifts a lot of bottles between ships. The CO was the recipient, though if you had a decent one, they would share some of their stash during certain events. Mostly it was a diplomatic things with foreign dignitaries.
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Uncontested and ungaurded as well.
The liquor bottles and flags make good sentries.
We actually cleaned up after ourselves on Hans Island.
Bottles and flags were taken back to the ship. There was a flag pole and a box to put the bottle in
The CO got to add the bottle to his collection and the flag was turned over to command when we got home IIRC.
His collection? Bah. He should’ve shared it! ;)
Naval tradition gifts a lot of bottles between ships. The CO was the recipient, though if you had a decent one, they would share some of their stash during certain events. Mostly it was a diplomatic things with foreign dignitaries.