Politics Insider: Carney and Ford speak for first time since China deal

Hello, welcome to Politics Insider. Let’s look at what happened today. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have talked for the first time since Carney announced his “landmark” agreement last week to remove trade barriers with China. The two leaders spoke on Thursday, Ford’s office told The Globe and Mail. The call was described as “amicable.” It capped off a rocky week in provincial-federal relations, with Ford expressing profound disappointment with the Prime Minister’s deal with China. The agreement will see tariff relief for the canola and agricultural sectors but also lifts levies on 49,000 Chinese electric…