Canada is negotiating a contribution to the European Union’s €90 billion loan for Ukraine as Prime Minister Mark Carney seeks to strengthen ties with Europe and reduce his country’s dependence on the United States.

The Financial Times cited Yevropeiska Pravda, quoting people briefed on the discussions that Ottawa and Brussels hope to agree on the size of Canada’s contribution before the EU-Canada summit in Montreal in late October.

Carney has sought to build an alliance of liberal countries committed to a multilateral international order that has been disrupted by the policies of US President Donald Trump, according to the report. Supporting the Ukraine loan would allow Canada to further demonstrate its commitment to its European allies.

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Unironically yes.

Ukraine has the right to be a sovereign country. Russia doesn't get a fucking say. And whatever soft power they had, they relinquished with the invasion. They have chosen to make long term enemies of Ukraine by invading and meddling. That was a Russian choice.

This is basic shit. Same as Canada gets to be a sovereign country and the fucking yanks don't get a say no matter what the fuck we decide to do. We get to have whatever the fuck "fake" or real government we want and if we have a nazi problem we get to deal with it without fucking yanks coming and starting to shoot us up. And they also don't get to influence us like before because their government chose to start shit with us, losing a shitload of soft power with Canadians.

Honestly this is very basic shit.

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This idea Canadians have in their heads of the what is happening in those regions is so far removed from reality it’s laughable.

What is YOUR claim for proximity to reality? What is YOUR positionality that allows you to pontificate on us simple minded Canadians?