New polling suggests a majority of Canadians think Canada ought to explore joining the European Union at a fraught time for geopolitical relations.
A survey of 4,000 people conducted by Spark Advocacy’s polling arm in March found that one in four respondents thought it would be a good idea for Canada to formally join the economic and political bloc of European nations.
A further 58 per cent indicated it was a proposal worth exploring further, while the remainder felt it was a bad idea.
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Spark’s chief strategy officer Bruce Anderson says the survey suggests Canadians are increasingly open to finding ways to buck Canada’s reliance on the United States after more than a year of tariffs under U.S. President Donald Trump’s second administration.
France’s foreign minister last month openly floated the idea of Canada joining the EU, while Prime Minister Mark Carney has said he’s looking to deepen trade and security ties with the continent but not as a formal member of the bloc.
The Spark poll cannot be assigned a margin of error because it was conducted online.
Only a fool would trust a poll in the 21st century. No such thing as an independent poll. Just another coercion tactic…
We are nothing short on stupid to think we can replace USA as a customer with the EU, which is falling apart. Leave it to Carney to hitch Canada to a failing group
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Not sure if y’all know this, but people in the UK have finally realized how much Brexit screwed them over. There’s now a clear majority that wants to go back into the EU.
Main effects:
Way more complicated international trade
Huge increase in bureaucratic paperwork and headaches
Lost direct access to the single market
Less attractive for certain foreign investments
They were told it would be amazing… turns out it was a massive self-own 😂
For the people who still don’t get how polls work: they’ve always surveyed between 500 and 4,000 people who proportionally represent the general population by age, gender, region, etc. And yeah, that tiny sample can reflect the opinions of millions with scary good accuracy. It’s literally how polling has worked forever!!
If you still think a random Twitter poll with 12 votes is more reliable… bro, I can’t help you 😂
they only surveyed about 0.01% of the population
I think it’s high time Canada stands on its own two feet without the support of other nations. Let’s not jump from over dependents on the USA to be coming dependent on the European Union
But isn’t the EU only for countries in Europe? I don’t understand how countries outside Europe can join.
Brexit freed the UK from the worlds biggest protection racket. Think about it.
So a marketing, persuasion, web design firm based in OTTAWA polled 4000 people…..
Enough said…
Would much rather be aligned with Europe. More culture and cheaper than either Canada or the US. Spain and Portugal anyone…perfection.
This country gets worse every day.
Taxes are high enough without having to support other countries or be dictated to regarding immigration.
Any intelligent country in Europe wants to leave the EU.
This is horrific if true. So those idiots polled are mad at the United States, but are ok to be a slave to the EU? How ignorant are my fellow Canadians.
1 in four thought it was a good idea, so……does that mean that 3 in four thought it was a bad idea. Also the EU never met a petty rule or regulation they didn’t like. From the article “A survey of 4,000 people conducted by Spark Advocacy’s polling arm in March found that one in four respondents thought it would be a good idea for Canada to formally join the economic and political bloc of European nations.”
Europe is full of destructive leftist leaders that hold a high level of distain for its actual citizens. Canada would fit right in with the E.U. considering our politicians are of the same thought and action
4,000 people does not represent a majority in a country of 40 million .
Take a poll of 40 thousand and I am sure the results will be far different.
What a joke.
I DON’T BELIEVE a WORD of this B U LL SH IT !!! THESE POLLS are ALL LIES. NO ONE KNOW the TRUTH
No way
Lmao
I’d rather join the U.S then Europe. Let’s not kid ourselves. We have had a long strong relationship with the United States, we can’t just throw that away because of a few morons in the White House. In a few years he will be gone and hopefully a sensible leader will be the president regardless if it’s Democrats or Republicans. We this country changes our currency to Euros, that would be a huge mistake. I’d rather adopt the USD.
Looks like this must benefit Brookfield and TrudeauCarney somehow!
Looks like this must benefit Brookfield and TrudeauCarney financially somehow!
IT’S WORTH EXPLORING, BUT ON OUR (CANADA’S) TERMS. THE UK HAS DEMONSTRATED THE PROBLEMS THE EU BROUGHT TO THAT NATION
Only people that would want that are the Elbows up there a.
If a Canadian referendum were called today to join the EU, that would pass with about 75%
Correction. 25% believe it would be a good idea.
Open to exploring is just another way of being nice.
What are you nuts
Ditch monopoly money (CAD) for Euros? Where do I sign? Just to know the US dependency is over would bring a smile on my face. Good bye Yankees!!
Do any of these respondents have any idea of the cost and implications to our sovereignty if that were to happen?
Join the EU and Canada gives up its sovereignty – keep Euro trash out of Canada!
Only an idiot would want to join Europe over the US. In Canada we call them liberals
Polling 4000 people does not represent Canada. I wonder if these same people are on the Liberals supporters list.
Let’s have a referendum, with all of Canada voting.
We have enough problems without joining the EU.
Liberals are running Canada into the ground.
Polling 2000 people does not represent Canada. I wonder if they are also on the Liberal Party supporters list.
That is something that should be a referendum, of all of Canada.
Look over here while Carney sells us out to Communist China
No!
Canada is not a European country.
We do not need another layer of expensive bureaucracy telling us what we can and can’t do.
I know Canadians are sheep that like to be led around by the nose, but come on!
Hell no, absolutely not. Are you joking me?
Only an idiot would rather join the USA over Europe. In Canada we call them Conservatives
No thank you.. unelected officials deciding what happens in Canada across the Atlantic ocean, letting mass migration come in when we can’t even take care of our own communities-policing-health-housing-schools. We need to come together with UNITY and forge our on path in this country.
It’s strange that these white nationalists in Canada don’t want to join Europe considering that’s where their relatives immigrated to Canada from
Canada shouldn’t be beholden to any country or block. We need to chart our own course and destiny and refrain from bowing to anyone whether it be the United States China or the European Union. We have what it takes to make this nation wealthy and prosperous, we only need the will to do it. That is what is lacking.
NO.
More ties with Europe , less with america and that ass = better for Canada
Apparently, a number of the posters on this site are unaware of the fact that the UK is no longer a member of the EU and that part of their financial problems are due to the fact that they left it.
Elbozos would cut their own throats rather than trade with the USA under Trump. There is no fixing stupid.
Ankles up ,/\({})/\,
Trump haters are blind to the fact that he is only temporary whereas joining the EU would be permanent. All of the negatives of being a member of the EU will be around our neck like an anchor forever and ever.
Wake up Canada to the insidious plans of Carney et al.
This is what the Liberal’s long-term plan is! Not going to happen in my life time. No way do I want to change my money to euros? Wake up people or Canada is toast.
Is this article from April fools day? Unfortunately the elbows up crowd is all for it. Join a failed nation
Canadians need to remember that Trump is not going to be there forever but the EU will be with their policies forever more
Subsidizing economic asylum seekers & migrants is what Canada has done as well we are also the weakest G7 nation in real GDP output and surprise that happened in last 10 years ! Hmmm my elbows are up
Subsidizing millions of economic migrants in the EU that have never put one cent into the economy is not an incentive to join the EU.
Yeah why not take this liberal trainwreck and pair it up with the other failing western nations with energy issues, massive debts, falling gdps, overcrowding, high immigration and terrorism. Elbows linked together in stupidity! I’m in cause …I’m an idiot
This would be the worse thing Canada has ever done!
It would appear that the EU is a more honorable, trustworthy, and ethical organization than the USA. To continue on the path of re alighning with the USA I believe would be in our worst policy. In order to survive in this present world we must honor our country and not bow to an overlord. We could still trade with the US if it made sense however to rely as much as we have on an untrustworthy, unethical and honorably corrupt country would be to our own folly. The election of the conservative party and their ties with MAGA would mean doom for our independence
If it bothers the seperatist traitors in Western Canada then do it! Hopefully it will be the final straw and they’ll pack up their trailers and leave for the USA. We don’t need treasonous freedumb fighters living in Canada
Just look to the UK to see how the EU has destroyed their fishing and agriculture with their quotas Canada would be stripped bare of it’s natural resources by the EU just look at the mess the EU member countries are in.
The EU is the quickest way to making the western provinces vote for independence from Canada. It would make their departure almost a certainty and leave the east floundering.
“I’ve always been fond of dogs, as they are the one animal that knows the proper treatment to give to poles. (Polls)” John Diefenbaker
Your article is ridiculous, any educated Canadian know the EU is a failed union. Joining EU only takes more freedoms away from Canadians.
So if only 25% are in favour, 75% are against it. So that is a resounding ‘NO!”.
Obviously the pollsters chose areas with high Elbozoes demographics.
Absolutely NO to the EU !!!
I always wonder how “polls” such as this one collect data and make the bold claims that they do. I am going to guess that if a true survey asked a good portion of Canadians, there would be an extremely small minority that would think this is a good idea.
The EU makes decisions that are outrageous and which damage member countries economies. Canada would lose control of its courts to the EU courts and if we think indigenous land decisions now are damaging just wait until the EU courts look at them. Absolutely NO to joining the EU.
I always wonder how “polls” su
Absolutely not !!! The EU is a dictatorship that gives away the resources of member nations. The Brits lost their fishery to Spain and it is virtually guaranteed that Carney would give away all of our east coast fisheries and our natural gas and oil would become the EU’s to use. Anyone who said yes to this economic tyranny is a fool.
This is the biggest joke yet. They poll 4000 people the question is where , when and who did they poll You can get the answer you want with any poll if you ask the right people. The EU is a dictatorship that tells countries what they can and cannot do with their resources. The cost of shipping back and forth to the EU will be outrageous what happened to Carney’s promise to make Canada self reliant joining the EU is the stupidest plan yet.
MAGANUKS not going to like this with Canadians wanting to move away from Donny and it’s rightnut ideology.
Europe is a hot mess right now. No thanks.
Carney has to go!
Why would this poll make the news? Some random online poll makes headlines on our media cycle. Global no better than Twitter(X)
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you pretty much just described the Canadian Indigenous relations with that statement, minus the size of the cucumbers!!
Oh hell NO!
We are Northern America, not Europe.
Whose demented idea was this in the first place?
This Canadian is and will be very strongly opposed to this.
What a terrible idea! The west would have to support them as well!
What a terrible Idea! The west would have to support them as well!!
Anyone can make up poll numbers to try to make a point…. 86% of all people know this.
Nope.
These unelected “politicians” would tell us how many immigrants to take in every year, give your home an “energy efficiency” rating when you want to sell it and tell our farmers how big their cucumbers have to be. That is just the tip of the iceberg.
No thank you from this Canadian. We definitely don’t need another level of bureaucracy.
The only interest the eu would have in Canada lies in the ground west of Manitoba and east of Vancouver. And as usual, only eastern Canada would benefit from the arrangement.
As far as I’m concerned, every liberal voter and eastern Canadian can go pound sand.
I’d rather join the USA than a bunch of losers
NO WAY!! Canada is Canadian and we don’t want to be ruled by an unelected foreign organization.