# Canada Proposes EU Alliance on Defense, Trade and Youth Mobility

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2100534707582538079
- Source account: [@WiretapMediaCa](https://x.com/WiretapMediaCa)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:40
- Published: 2026-09-17
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/50RAuChuSrzL/en/canada-proposes-eu-alliance-on-defense-trade-and-youth-mobility

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/50RAuChuSrzL/en/canada-proposes-eu-alliance-on-defense-trade-and-youth-mobility) Yesterday, President von der Leyen spoke of moving beyond CETA to an alliance for the future, opening the door to Canada to become the European Union's first associate member.

[0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/50RAuChuSrzL/en/canada-proposes-eu-alliance-on-defense-trade-and-youth-mobility?t=15) Canada welcomes this ambition, and I will tell you polling shows that an overwhelming majority of Canadians support much closer ties with Europe.

[0:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/50RAuChuSrzL/en/canada-proposes-eu-alliance-on-defense-trade-and-youth-mobility?t=36) An alliance for the future is a unique, positive approach that we will define together, building on our common strengths and based on our shared values.

[0:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/50RAuChuSrzL/en/canada-proposes-eu-alliance-on-defense-trade-and-youth-mobility?t=48) But let me take this opportunity to say plainly what Canada proposes.

[0:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/50RAuChuSrzL/en/canada-proposes-eu-alliance-on-defense-trade-and-youth-mobility?t=55) Canada and Europe should s- secure our strategic autonomy through deep cooperation in the full range of strategic capabilities, including critical minerals, defense industrial capacity, AI and compute, energy security, space and payments.

[1:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/50RAuChuSrzL/en/canada-proposes-eu-alliance-on-defense-trade-and-youth-mobility?t=74) We should move towards seamless digital trade in non-agricultural goods and a wide range of services.

[1:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/50RAuChuSrzL/en/canada-proposes-eu-alliance-on-defense-trade-and-youth-mobility?t=82) We should deepen our people-to-people ties, allowing our youth to work, study, and live where they want on either side of the Atlantic.