The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that B.C. Premier David Eby says it is not clear that Canada will end up striking a deal with the United States as the two countries negotiate a new trade and security pact under President Donald Trump's Aug. 1 deadline. The Globe's Laura Stone writes that Mr. Eby, who attended the summer gathering of Canada's premiers in the Ontario community of Muskoka this week, said Prime Minister Mark Carney briefed the premiers on the status of negotiations with the United States on Tuesday. "What we learned is what everybody knows, which is that things are very unpredictable, incredibly fluid, that there continues to be hope for a deal on the Canadian side," Mr. Eby told The Globe on Wednesday. "It is not obvious that there will be a deal." Mr. Carney joined the summer premiers' meeting on Tuesday morning to address Mr. Trump's threat to raise tariffs on some Canadian goods to 35 per cent at the beginning of next month. Coming out of those talks, the Prime Minister and several premiers said getting the best deal for Canada is what matters most, even if that means blowing past the Aug. 1 deadline. The focus now is on sectoral tariffs such as autos, steel, aluminum and timber.