Head of EU invites Canada to become 'associate member'

STRASBOURG — European Union President Ursula von der Leyen extended an invitation to Canada on Wednesday to become the European Union’s first ever “associate member.”Prime Minister Mark Carney, who was seated just a few feet to her left, was beaming while European Parliamentarians erupted in applause.The rest of von der Leyen’s speech in the EU Parliament on Wednesday would ring strangely familiar in Canadians’ ears.As global crises abound, the European Union