I think Mr. Kenney maybe the first leader to directly connect the federal Conservatives with the Alberta Conservative Party ( it was never a secret) despite one dropping progressive and the other adding united.
I find his advice to Andrew Scheer about leadership, bizarre. 
I agree with him, that Stephen Harper was 'not terribly popular' as leader at the beginning; but he was worse than 'not terribly popular' in the end of his leadership of Canada.
Is this the path Mr. Scheer should follow?
Mr. Harper could not get a pipeline built in his own province, 
remember Keystone?
Now Mr. Kenney threatens the new BC government with 'repercussions'
if it doesn't cooperate on pipelines.
Leadership requires diplomacy skills, Mr. Kenney.
We can't wait another ten years, while Conservative leaders get better than terrible.