In a year of surging patriotism, Canadians show a surprising interest in deepening Canada's integration with the European Union

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/47173299

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In the Abacus poll, 46 per cent of respondents said they would support Canada becoming a member state of the EU, and 44 per cent said the Canadian government should definitely or probably look into joining it.

  • Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    Canadian here. It sounds like a nice idea, but honestly the vast majority of Canadians do not understand how the EU works at all, or what benefits/donwnsides there are to joining.

    This also ignores whether the EU wants us to join at all. I also do not see our government doing this any time soon, maybe if things continue like this for another 10 years or if the US drops out of NATO.

  • skeptomatic@lemmy.ca
    2·
    2 days ago

    Aren’t polls great? They never tell you who the fuck they called.
    I mean, I’ve never been called for such a poll. Or maybe I blocked the number because it was unknown?
    How about it should read, “48 percent of people who have no fucking idea how to block or avoid an unknown number (read: aged 70 plus) are what we’ll use to describe and influence you on the projection for all voices in your populous.”
    If it was an internet poll…? Even worse.