It’s odd that associate membership with the EU was never once mentioned during the last election, yet today it is being celebrated by the chattering classes as if it were the best thing since sliced bread.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed Canada becoming the first associate member of the European Union.
Not everyone is cheerleading, however. But you have to go to lesser known publications to see any of that.
Smyth used stronger language in an August article in The Western Producer, writing that joining the EU would be an “unmitigated disaster.”
“The EU bans most of the technologies that have enabled Canadian farmers to become the most sustainable producers of crops anywhere on the planet,” Smyth wrote.



