Mark Carney calls for ‘strategic autonomy’ and closer Canada-EU ties

Canada and the EU are pathetic. There destroying there own countries culture with pouring millions of unvetted immigrants. The liberals are losing all there seats in Europe to right wing leaning politicians. England won't be far behind. Germany,France, the UK all are going right. Canada decides to fight the USA at the worst time.

In the U.S., Trump has dismissed calls for greater AI regulation and warnings about AI risks as a “hoax.” Canada and the EU are taking a very different approach.
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<br>And that raises a bigger question: why should Canada or Europe become overly dependent on OpenAI - or any other U.S. company - when both already have their own AI expertise, companies, infrastructure and research ecosystems?
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<br>That is increasingly the point of Carney’s strategy: build Canadian capabilities first, partner with trusted allies where it makes sense, and reduce dependence on any single foreign country or supplier.
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<br>The broader lesson from the recent Canada–U.S. relationship is fairly simple: when you become too dependent on one customer, supplier or country, you give that partner enormous leverage over you.
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<br>Canada learned that lesson through trade. There is little reason to repeat the same mistake with AI, cloud computing, data and other strategic technologies.
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<br>And this is where Canada and Europe have a real opportunity. Separately, each has strengths but also limitations in competing with the enormous scale of the U.S. technology sector. Together, Canada and Europe represent a much larger economic, technological and research ecosystem. They can combine Canadian and European AI expertise, computing infrastructure, energy, capital, research and markets while maintaining greater control over their own data and strategic technologies.
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<br>The objective does not have to be isolation from the United States. It is diversification.
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<br>Canada and Europe don&#39;t need to choose between cooperation and sovereignty. By working more closely together, they can strengthen both - and become less vulnerable to decisions made by any single country or company.

Canadian here. Every time I hear the newest development with Canada and EU coming together, it brings a tears of joy to my eyes. Also, Im grateful that for the first time in a long time, the kids have something to look forward to. Finally the future looks bright for the youth -granted, planet still melting, and fast.

Canada and Europe have always had the deepest of relationships, and alliances - from the beginning, Canada, Canadian culture, is rooted in Europe and European culture and values. Quebec has long had a formal &quot;special alliance&quot; with France. Trade with the US evolved due to an accident of geography, not because of any cultural similarity. It has been apparent for some time that Canada was overextended in its engagement with the US due to, as Carney put it, &quot;easy business&quot;; but such easy business is also risky, too risky. <br>While Justin Trudeau might have been on good terms with Obama, he is political from birth and upbringing, and was at the same time re-solidifying ties with Europe via CETA, even before Carney began moving us to even better diversification. Too many eggs in one basket is always unwise, and in truth, the US has always been pushy. Even if they happen to be next door. To paraphrase Pierre Trudeau 50 or so years ago, it is like being in bed with an elephant; constant vigilance and course corrections are required.

The EU is &quot;restricted to European countries&quot;, but no treaty defines which nations are &quot;European countries&quot;. It could be nations that are essentially European. Canada should try to join in the last few years while it&#39;s not yet some 3rd world dumpster fire 👀

The less integration with the States, the better off we will be. I love all the simpletons and bots going on about Canada not being in Europe like that means something. The Dead Internet theory is highly reflected in these type of comments. We are the FIRST associate member. The idea is to bring more countries on board. You know….the middle powers coming together at the table so we can keep,all of us off the menu. I’m sure you all remember the speech at Davos. This is what it was all about. And don’t fool yourselves….the US is absolutely worried about this.