Warm words on Canada's EU 'associate membership' but no guarantees

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Figure caption, Watch: Is Canada about to join the EU? Is Canada about to join the EU? Headlines across Europe indicate a lot of confusion right now. The EU constitution rules that possibility out as Canada is geographically outside Europe. But in a speech on Thursday to the European Parliament, Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said: Canada and Europe should secure our strategic autonomy through deep cooperation in the full range of strategic capabilities.