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  "path": "/opinion/chris-selley-we-can-learn-things-from-the-eu-without-joining-it",
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  "textContent": "Nothing about the idea of Canada joining the European Union has ever made any sense. More _trade_ with Europe? Absolutely. But a political union? It's not just ludicrous but impossible on multiple levels, including constitutionally. And one of the oddest things about it has been watching the idea come almost exclusively from the centre-left of the Canadian political spectrum. If anything, it's the right that should welcome the idea. Read More",
  "title": "Chris Selley: We can learn things from the EU without joining it",
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