Time for Carney to turn EU partnership rhetoric into ‘real progress,’ says ex-EU envoy, with details sparse on pitch to join bloc

'We have to make sure that Canada is getting more than we're getting now out of our relationship with Europe, and I'm not sure if that's the case,' says Conservative Senator David Wells, vice-president of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association.
Addressing the European Parliament in France on Sept. 17, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada and Europe should have deeper ties, allow youth to live, work and study on either side of the Atlantic, and create an integrated market for financial services.

After pledging to forge deeper ties with the European Union, Prime Minister Mark Carney should focus on turning rhetoric and statements into “real progress,” and shouldn’t get hung up on labels, according to Canada’s former ambassador to the EU.

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