Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley argues that Canada should expand trade with Europe but questions why deeper integration is necessary when Canada already has CETA, its comprehensive free-trade agreement with the European Union, provisionally in force since 2017. Responding to reports that Mark Carney seeks a “unique alliance” making Canada closer to the EU than any other non-European country, Lilley warns that models offering deeper single-market access—such as arrangements covering Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein—require countries to incorporate EU rules into domestic law. Because Carney has not defined the proposed arrangement to Canadians or Parliament, Lilley asks what additional access Canada would receive beyond CETA and what regulatory authority Ottawa may surrender.