**Exhibit 99.1**

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**Certification**

 

I, Darren Entwistle, certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed thisannual report on Form 40-F of TELUS Corporation.

 

2.             Basedon my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

 

3.             Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the issuer as of, and for,the periods presented in this report.

 

4.             Theissuer’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the issuer andhave:

 

(a)           designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, ismade known to us by others within those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)           designedsuch internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal controlover financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and thepreparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance withgenerally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)           evaluatedthe effectiveness of the issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)           disclosedin this report any change in the issuer’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’sinternal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.             Theissuer’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the issuer’sauditors and the audit committee of the issuer’s board of directors (or personsperforming equivalent function):

 

a)                                      all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the designor operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonablylikely to adversely affect the issuer’s ability to record, process, summarizeand report financial information; and

 

b)                                     any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management orother employees who have a significant role in the issuer’s internal controlover financial reporting.

 

 
|   | Date: March  14,****2008.             |
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|   |                                  |
|   | *“Darren Entwistle”*        |   |
|   | Darren Entwistle                      |
|   | President and Chief Executive Officer |

 

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**Certification**

 

I, Robert G. McFarlane, certify that:

 

1.             Ihave reviewed this annual report on Form 40-F of TELUS Corporation.

 

2.             Basedon my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

 

3.             Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the issuer as of, and for,the periods presented in this report.

 

4.             Theissuer’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the issuer andhave:

 

(a)           designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, ismade known to us by others within those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)           designedsuch internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal controlover financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and thepreparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance withgenerally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)           evaluatedthe effectiveness of the issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)           disclosedin this report any change in the issuer’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’sinternal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.             Theissuer’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the issuer’sauditors and the audit committee of the issuer’s board of directors (or personsperforming equivalent function):

 

a)                                      all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the designor operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonablylikely to adversely affect the issuer’s ability to record, process, summarizeand report financial information; and

 

b)                                     any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management orother employees who have a significant role in the issuer’s internal controlover financial reporting.

 

 
|   | Date: March  14,****2008.                            |
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|   |                                                 |
|   | *“Robert G. McFarlane”*                    |   |
|   | Robert G. McFarlane                                  |
|   | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

 

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