Need to harmonize with EU dealSaskatchewan's trade minister was more optimistic than Bilous heading into Friday's meeting. (Dean Bennett/Canadian Press)"I'm hesitant to pre-empt tomorrow," Alberta Economic Development Minister Deron Bilous said Thursday in an interview. Jeremy Harrison said in an interview that considerable progress has been made, including developments on the premiers' request for a plan consistent with Canada's still-to-be-ratified free trade deal with the European Union. "We're collectively very optimistic that we'll be presenting to the premiers the most ambitious, broad free trade agreement both internally or externally that this country has ever signed on to." Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz said in an April interview that Canada's internal trade is actually less free in many respects than its external trade.

Source: CBC News July 08, 2016 15:11 UTC