Canada made the Economist to start 2025. Unfortunately, it was an editorial calling on Canada to join the European Union. Two things should be clear: Europe is lovely, and Canada joining the EU is a terrible idea.

Europe boasts delicious food. The coffee is excellent, as are its gorgeous cities with their lavish opera houses and elegant metro systems.

Europeans generally dress with more class and style, and the lack of hard borders within the Schengen Area makes travel on their efficient, modern trains more of a convenience than a chore.