As Europe rearms, Canada has what it needs. That can be the basis of a post-NATO alliance

[BlueWavePsych]

Despite efforts to wean itself off, Europe remains heavily dependent on Russian gas. And half its liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports come from the increasingly unfriendly United States.

"Europe is very vulnerable to energy extortion by the Trump administration," said Leuprecht. "Trump will do to Europe exactly what Putin did to Europe. How do you try to mitigate that risk? You procure your liquid natural gas from Canada."

Not only does Canada's vast terrain offer unique possibilities to train European forces, including low-level flight training that is all but impossible over Europe, it could also play an important part in Europe's rearmament.

"You've got to manufacture things, munitions, tanks and the like," said Leuprecht. "Where are you going to manufacture it?"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-allies-europe-trump-1.7486978

[Irish_Dem]

1. Make Canada part of the EU?

Make Canada and Europe a formidable alliance to counter the US and Russia?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Free Trade, free borders, easy work arrangements, shared cultures, ... I like it.

Canada is free, the freest country in the world I could argue, prosperous, cultured, healthy. I hope Europe likes that.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Yes exactly.

At some point the alliance could perhaps expand to the Pacific.
Japan, Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, etc.

The global democracies unite to fight fascism.

[BlueWavePsych]

4. Europe is short of gunpowder and TNT when it needs them most

Most of the cotton used in nitrocellulose also has to be imported from China, which is the world’s largest producer — and, on friendly terms with Russia. While there are alternatives to cotton made from wood pulp and other materials, they aren’t currently produced at the scale the market needs.

The cost of switching production from civilian to military use is high. The plastics and paint industries, for example, do use a form of nitrocellulose that has a lower nitrogen content than military-grade guncotton. But to move from one to the other would be technically and legally very complex, experts said.

Lowering regulatory hurdles, giving companies guarantees, and overcoming Europe’s social and fiscal barriers to investing in weapons and their components will be vital to meeting the continent’s needs, experts said, in particular because its biggest strategic threat, Russia, has few of these constraints.

"We have to rearm everywhere, simultaneously and in large numbers,” Brunswick’s Peter said. "An authoritarian state that has switched to a war economy at the expense of the population simply ramps up. And it must therefore be clear that we need to pick up the pace.”

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/22/eu-ukraine-low-munitions-stockpile/

Making military-grade nitrocellulose is one example of how Canada can partner.
eg ... https://gabaychemicals.com/

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[Irish_Dem]

5. Canada may be finding new solid trading partners.