In an interview this week <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;with the BBC&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg8gy6y8l4o&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg8gy6y8l4o" target="_blank">with the BBC</a>, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told the British news service that&nbsp;Canada has been “over reliant on the U.S. for too long,” adding:&nbsp;“We are the most European of all non-European countries. That’s why we want to be closer to Europe.”

It's not the first time the phrase has cropped up. Tourists and travel writers have been saying the same thing for decades.{ai:summary}Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly stated in a BBC interview that the country has been overly dependent on the U.S. She emphasized Canada's unique European ties, expressing a desire for closer relations with Europe. #foreignaffairs

What did Mélanie Joly mean when she called Canada 'the most European of all non-European countries'?

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