In addition to those, Trudeau and CHRYSTIA FREELAND spent time with Harris on a trip to Poland in March 2022, where PMJT received a firsthand glimpse of the refugee crisis just weeks into Russia’s war against Ukraine. — For the record: Trudeau was Harris’ first call to a foreign leader when she moved into the VP’s office in 2021. According to the PM’s readout (but not hers), she “recalled fondly her years spent in Montréal.” They talked about China and the two Michaels — SPAVOR and KOVRIG — and she “made clear that the United States would continue to do everything it can to secure their release.” — Déjà vu, all over again: Reporters and cartoonists are brushing off the dust from their works from four years ago about Harris’ teen years spent in Canada. Just days ago, it was a similar situation with another pair, given the law school connection between Conservative MP JAMIL JIVANI and Trump’s newly minted running mate, JD VANCE (which Jivani wrote about way back in 2020). — Time in Montreal: As a teen, Harris moved from California to Montreal, where she attended high school, when her mother SHYAMALA GOPALAN landed a teaching job at McGill University and a position as a cancer researcher at the Lady Davis Institute of Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital. — Triviamatic: Thanks to her now widely circulated ’81 yearbook photo, we all know her favorite expression at the time was “Naw, I’m just playing!” and her favorite pastime was dancing with the troupe she co-founded, “Midnight Magic.” There’s not really a clear sense of just how formative her time was in Canada, given she doesn’t really speak of it in public. — Verbose: She only devotes about two pages on her time in Canada in her memoir, “The Truths We Hold: An American Journey.” She wrote about the awkward transition from sunny California to snowy Montreal: "I used to joke that I felt like a duck because all day long at our new school I'd be saying 'Quoi? Quoi? Quoi?'" She also wrote that at 13, she and her younger sister MAYA HARRIS found early political success there from protesting in front of their apartment building against a policy blocking kids from playing soccer on the lawn. — Tough to parse: Former Canadian diplomat LOUISE BLAIS tells Playbook it’s not really surprising Harris doesn’t talk much about her time in Canada, given her presidential aspirations and lack of political incentive. “I don’t think that helps her in any way to talk about it,” she said. — Bottom line: “I can imagine the prime minister raising [Harris’ Montreal connection], or CHRYSTIA FREELAND — it’s something you would raise when you’re with her,” Blais added. But the ultimate impact of that? “Minimal, if any.” “We can’t help ourselves but try to find those connections, both on the media and political side,” said StrategyCorp.’s GARRY KELLER. — Just the one: There is a lone entry in Canada’s public gifts registry from Harris: She gave Trudeau a ceramic bowl bearing the official vice-presidential seal at the 2021 North American Leaders’ Summit in Washington, D.C. LATE LAST NIGHT — Harris said she had secured enough verbal commitments from delegates to the Democratic National Convention to clinch the party’s presidential nomination — with her home state of California putting her over the threshold less than two days into her presidential bid. More from POLITICO: As MERIDITH MCGRAW and NATALIE ALLISON report,Vance is attacking Harris over Biden’s abilities, calling it a cover up. The fundraising taps are turned back on, with the Harris campaign raising a record-breaking $81 million in its first day, KIERRA FRAZIER reports. — On the insiders: ERIC HOLDER is running Harris' VP vetting process, there’s a draft Obama adviser DAVID PLOUFFE campaign up and running, and Gov. GRETCHEN WHITMER will co-chair Harris' campaign. JEN O'MALLEY DILLON will run the campaign, per our MYAH WARD; JULIE CHÁVEZ RODRÍGUEZ is campaign manager. — Facts and predictions: POLITICO Magazine has: 15 Experts Predict What Biden’s Dropout Means for the 2024 Election. From the archives:55 Things You Need to Know About Kamala Harris.” — In case you need it: Charli XCX says Harris is brat. Her campaign is embracing the title. | 
