# Carney's Big Move to Get Canada With the European Union Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/carney-s-big-move-to-get-canada-with-the-european-union Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/carney-s-big-move-to-get-canada-with-the-european-union.md Podcast: [CANADALAND](https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958) Published: 2026-09-16T10:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6aa9cd697f8a8df43372cd64 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/e/6aa9cd697f8a8df43372cd64/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/canadaland-317958/episodes/carney-s-big-move-to-get-canada-with-the-european-union Duration seconds: 1622 ## Resource A report in the Wall Street Journal suggests that Carney’s is pushing for Canada to join the EU as an “associate member.” Carney says he’s pursuing an “unique alliance,” rather than membership.  As Carney heads to France to address the EU parliament on Thursday, questions swirl around what exactly this new relationship between Canada and the EU will entail.  Meanwhile, the President of the EU parliament announces a new “antenna” office in Ottawa.  Jan Wong joins Jesse Brown to consider the likelihood of Canada’s European future.   Host: Jesse Brown Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Julian Abraham (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor) Guest: Jan Wong Further reading:  Mark Carney’s Audacious Bid to Make Canada an ‘Associate Member’ of the EU - WSJ   Carney says Canada planning to discuss 'unique alliance' with EU, but not membership | CBC News Why PM Carney’s trip to Europe this week has just taken on more importance - CTV News EU Parliament to open office in Canada – POLITICO ‘Associate member’ of the EU? Why not, Canada? - The Globe and Mail Chinese cargo ship completes first regular Arctic voyage to UK on 'Polar Silk Road' - ABC News Justin Trudeau to launch his own production company at Toronto film festival - National Post      Sponsors: Article : Article is offering our listeners $50 off your first purchase of $100 or more. To claim, visit article.com/canadaland and the discount will be automatically applied at checkout. Fizz Mobile : Visit fizz.ca and activate a first plan using the referral code CAN25 to get 25 off and 10GB of free data. Douglas :  Douglas is giving our listeners a FREE Sleep Bundle with each mattress pu… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/canadaland-317958/episodes/carney-s-big-move-to-get-canada-with-the-european-union/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/carney-s-big-move-to-get-canada-with-the-european-union.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.