After Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s surprise appearance at the European Parliament, allies and skeptics alike may wonder what exactly ‘associate membership’ entails and what privileges Canadians can access over other candidate countries who have waited on the sidelines for two decades. Non-members contemplate the impacts of this bold proposition on their long, bilateral partnerships with the European Union.
Read More“Beyond the CAQ’s sweeping victory, the election results are also notable for the sharp defeat of the Parti Quebecois and its platform of full independence from Ottawa. Yet the decline of the party most traditionally linked with Quebec separatism is not a decline of the nationalist project itself. Rather, the victory of the CAQ marks a redefinition, not a repudiation, of Quebec nationalism.”
Read More“As is not uncommon in highly developed countries, Canada, which prides itself on being a highly-tolerant, liberal democracy, has had trouble living up to that image due to Quebec’s reluctance to admit new immigrants in an effort to preserve its French culture and heritage.”
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