Laura Stone
@l_stone
Canadian politics, based at Queen’s Park in Toronto. I like to lunch. Find me @globeandmail; on @CTV_PowerPlay Mondays at 5:30 ET and @YourMorning Tuesdays.
All five players found not guilty in Hockey Canada sexual-assault trial theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
Premiers push for more power over immigration as Ford takes aim at federal minister #cdnpoli theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
BC Premier David Eby updates the presser on a situation in northwest BC, saying three miners are trapped underground. He says to his knowledge they are uninjured and in a refuge area.
The Premiers' closing press conference has been moved up to 12:30 pm (was scheduled for 1pm) #cdnpoli #onpoli
‘Not obvious’ that Canada will strike a deal with U.S., B.C. Premier Eby says #cdnpoli theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Ford says PM Carney stayed at his cottage last night after dinner with the premiers. “We had dinner. We were up till 12:30 at night, chatting in front of the fireplace, solving all the world's problems,” Ford said, calling Carney “the most humble person you'd ever want to meet.”
Speaking to reporters, Premier Ford says the Prime Minister updated the premiers on the status of negotiations with the US but he doesn’t want to jeopardize the talks by divulging too much. “Donald Trump is very, very hard to deal with,” he says #onpoli

Prime Minister Carney says Canada is working “positively” towards a deal with the US - won’t answer if it’s realistic to get one by Aug 1. “That depends. There’s two sides to a deal.” “We’ll take stock if there isn’t one that works.” #cdnpoli

Premier Eby addresses U.S ambassador comments that Canadians are “mean and nasty” for boycotting US travel and booze, says most Canadians would be “proud” to be mean and nasty for standing up for Canadian interests and economy #cdnpoli

Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta call on Carney to fix ‘bad laws’ that block energy projects /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
Trump thinks Canadians are ‘nasty’ to deal with for avoiding U.S. travel, banning booze, ambassador says /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…