Canadian DUers: Would you support E.U. membership if it was possible?

[Anarcho-Socialist]

Greenland was once a member of the E.U. but it did leave of it's own accord. If it was permitted, would you support E.U. membership for Canada? Or would you be against it?

[Kagemusha]

1. Way too much trouble.

The US would consider Canada an enemy nation bordering it on land. No way it would be permitted, even if not permitting it required organizing regime change.

[Spazito]

2. Yes, I would support it...

as Canada is diversifying it's reach in terms of exports to reduce the ability of the US government to affect our economy because they are in a snit.

Our history coincides with Europe much more than it does the United States. We are still a member of the Commonwealth and the Queen is still the 'head of our government' albeit only in a ceremonial way.

[The Crazy Canadian]

3. I would support it.

Having Euros as our currency would be a good thing. I don't want to be apart of the US missle defense shield and to show the US we're not just little Americans up here.

[jimshoes]

4. Wouldn't that be a hoot

and then have Mexico follow suit. That would kind of leave the US as the odd man out. Not entirely impossible, and all because junior doesn't play well with others.

[whistle]

5. Doesn't the Monroe Doctrine forbid any such European. . .

. . . alliances in the Americas? I know it's been around for nearly 200 years and yet it has been brought forward a number of times to preserve the North and South American common market.

[Ardee]

6. Monroe Doctrine

not signed by any other nation...thus not binding upon any nation, other than by force of arms of course....though I need to thank you for the reminder. I had forgotten the insufferable assumptions that the USA decided for the entire Hemisphere:

http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/USA/MonDoc.html

The Monroe Doctrine was an American diplomatic decision which greatly influenced the world and the way it has developed to present day. It was a policy initiated by President James Monroe which aimed to limit European expansion into the Western Hemisphere. Monroe proclaimed, "the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers." <1> The US accepted the responsibility of being the protector of independent Western nations and affirmed that it would steer clear of European affairs.

Many scholars have attempted to critically analyze the Monroe administration's decision to produce this document; a large number of these scholars have come away empty-handed and dumbfounded. "Trying to , I found that I could not explain even to myself why the Monroe administration had acted as it did." <2> These are the bewildered comments of Ernest R. May, a scholar who has attempted to take a closer look at the background and principles of the doctrine.

Though the foreign policy of the United States has undergone the necessary modifications of time and circumstance, it is not too much to say that it has been dominated by, if not always directed by, a singular principle that the Old World and New represent separate areas of international action, and that the less political contact there is between them the better. <3>