Kelly Harris

Principal, Kensington Strategies -- Toronto and Calgary

[Kelly Harris @KellyPMHarris]

@jkenney Jason… you Think you can finish it in less than 141 years?… I’m not that confident

[Kelly Harris @KellyPMHarris]

@kinsellawarren 19 page power point eh?… how many slides would you last Warren, two, three? I could push to 3.5… if there are just pictures on the 2nd and 3rd

[James Moore @honjamesmoore]

That would be his job.

[Robert Benzie @robertbenzie]

The final question period until the fall.

[Kelly Harris @KellyPMHarris]

Credit when credit is due … #myCanadaincludesAlberta

https://t.co/nAjrsuFL3H

[Dimitris Soudas 🇨🇦⚜️🇬🇷☦️ 13.12.1943 @DimitrisSoudas]

“Just vote yes and we’re our own country.”

Cool. Here’s the actual to-do list you’d have to negotiate first

You’d have to settle:
→ Share of the national debt
→ Split of federal assets
→ Embassies & foreign property
→ Crown corporations
→ Federal pensions
→ Keep the loonie? Make a new currency?
→ Central bank access
→ Deposit insurance & banking rules
→ Foreign reserves
→ Citizenship & dual nationality
→ Passports
→ Free movement across the new border
→ Exact land borders
→ Maritime borders
→ Indigenous treaty rights (these don’t just transfer)
→ Whether Indigenous nations can stay with Canada
→ A whole new trade deal
→ Status under USMCA, CETA, CPTPP (not automatic)
→ Tariffs, customs, standards
→ Professional licensing across the border
→ UN membership (you re-apply)
→ Hundreds of treaties, renegotiated
→ Diplomatic recognition
→ NATO & NORAD membership
→ Splitting the armed forces
→ Military bases & equipment
→ Intelligence sharing (Five Eyes access)
→ Border security & the RCMP
→ Coast guard & airspace
→ CPP & pension portability
→ Old Age Security
→ Health transfers
→ Employment insurance
→ Pipelines & the power grid
→ Railways, highways, seaways
→ Shared rivers & water
→ Telecom & spectrum
→ Air traffic control
→ Tax systems & taxpayer data
→ Courts & appeals (no more Supreme Court of Canada)
→ Every federal regulator: food, drugs, aviation, broadcasting
→ Thousands of federal employees
→ …and what happens if talks just collapse

50%+1 creates a duty to negotiate — not a guarantee you get what you want, or that a deal even happens.

“Independence” is the easy word. That list is the actual job.

[Nora Loreto @NoLore]

Everything coming from Kinew these days is showing that his time in Canadian politics is still yet to come. He's quickly becoming one of the most credible politicians in Canada.

[Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 @jkenney]

Great news!

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

Today, in Ontario politics:
Premier Doug Ford spoke about coyotes in his backyard, and demonstrated how he scares them off ... by howling at them.

#onpoli

[Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 @jkenney]

Like the vast majority of Albertans, I’m both a proud Canadian, and a proud Albertan.

We are a smart, hard working, innovative and loyal people.

Those who went before us built one of the most prosperous and generous societies on Earth.

And we’re not going to let anyone tear apart our home, the true North strong and free.

It’s time to fight for our country.

Alberta: let’s lead, not leave.

https://t.co/nBNfVPjd80

[Kelly Harris @KellyPMHarris]

@jkenney Explaining things to people and trusting they’ll understand… wow such an issues management revelation

[The Independent @Independent]

In British politics, leaders come and go... however, there's been one constant at Downing Street - Larry the cat

[Kelly Harris @KellyPMHarris]

@CanadianPolling Maybe point out you’re referring to John Tory Jr. in your post 🤷‍♂️

[Kelly Harris @KellyPMHarris]

@ServusCU … doing things to members so ATB can keep eating their lunch

[Kelly Harris @KellyPMHarris]

@ServusCU the only service here is in our name, and we can’t spell

[Kelly Harris @KellyPMHarris]

@ServusCU help someone, please we’re just a bank

[Kelly Harris @KellyPMHarris]

@ServusCU if you get into trouble… let’s give you more credit to make it worse

[Kelly Harris @KellyPMHarris]

@ServusCU #profitsbeforepeople … I voted against the merger… nothing but a bank

[Kelly Harris @KellyPMHarris]

@ServusCU this is not a Credit Union… this is a bank. #profitsbeforepeople Today, the second time since the merger, I was charged $48 for a bill of $27 bill over, with no grace period to put money in my account, won’t reverse it… they told me to get more credit… Servus …

[Kelly Harris @KellyPMHarris]

@kinsellawarren You bucking for the job?