r/CANZUK • u/WF-2 • Sep 16 '26

News Australia 'on the same page' as Canada as it seeks deeper EU alliance, minister says

https://www.reuters.com/business/australia-on-same-page-canada-it-seeks-deeper-eu-alliance-minister-says-2026-09-15/
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u/Naryanope Sep 16 '26

Just makes us Brits look all the more the numpties trying to pretend our broke arses are still better out of the continental alliance literally sitting next door. Hopefully if this pans out, maybe it will shake some sense into us,

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u/JourneyThiefer Northern Ireland Sep 16 '26

I know I actually can’t believe the UK still isn’t moving back towards to the EU.

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u/Naryanope Sep 16 '26

At some point we will probably have to out of necessity, and when that happens we probably won’t get the same sweet deal we had before.

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u/JourneyThiefer Northern Ireland Sep 16 '26 edited Sep 16 '26

Half the time I mention the EU in this I get downvoted lmao, like CANZUK is be all end all

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u/Naryanope Sep 16 '26 edited Sep 16 '26

Don’t even know what there is to downvote! What you said was as benign as they come.

Edit: this too got downvoted. A benign comment, commenting about the benignness of another benign comment. Some folks obviously having fun with buttons.

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u/PassageNearby4091 Canada Sep 16 '26

This was the next logical step for Australia and Canada, since we're both Eurovision competitors now.

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u/8ackwoods Sep 16 '26

What is Canada in eurovision??

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u/This_Comedian3955 Sep 16 '26

Yup! Was announced over the summer that we’ll be in the next one.

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u/8ackwoods Sep 16 '26

Hilarious. Awesome! Like in 2027?

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u/This_Comedian3955 Sep 16 '26

I think so, I believe the national selection process is currently ongoing or starting soon

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u/Ok_Type_4301 Sep 17 '26 edited Sep 17 '26

What total and utter BS.

Australia's present and future is the Indo-Pacific and the CPTPP - not some dying provincal trade bloc on the other side of the world.

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u/spagbolshevik New Zealand Sep 17 '26

So you're not in favour of CANZUK.

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u/Ok_Type_4301 Sep 17 '26

I am for encouraging collaborative projects, trade, standards, and combined dipolative objectives amongst CANZUK countries given their similarities make it uniquely possible to achieve positive outcomes.

I am not in favour of dimished national sovereignty, accountability, and democracy in order to associate with a geographic or ethnic trade bloc.