'Associate member?' What we do and don't know about proposed new EU ties with Canada

by Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday she wants Canada to become the first "associate member" of the European Union, inspiring both curiosity and confusion on two continents.

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