Gerald (Jerry) Butts

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396 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 5 Aug

Gerald (Jerry) Butts’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge · Encore Episdoe: Moore Butts Conversation #28 - Why Are Pipelines So Hard To Build? · 5 Aug 2026 podcast

I'll tell a story at a school on this one, Peter.

We love that.

I'll try, I'll try and not name names to protect the innocent, depending on your point of view, I guess.

It felt to me, I was one of the people after we made the decision to buy the, the Trudeau government made the decision to buy and complete the Trans Mountain Pipeline.

Uh, there were a few of us who had good relationships that we kind of had to call after the markets closed and let people know that this was going to happen.

And I had a good relationship might surprise some of your listeners with one of the CEOs of one of our largest energy companies in Alberta.

So I called this very fine gentleman and I said, um,

Well, this is what we're going to do.

And there was a long pause on the other end of the phone.

He said, well, that's the right thing to do.

It was almost like Sir Humphrey, very courageous.

It's the right thing to do.

And I said, well, at least people in Alberta will not be able to say we haven't done anything for them.

And they long pause.

And he said, oh, Gerald.

I think it was a Tuesday.

He said, by Friday at the Petroleum Club, they'll be saying that you bought this pipeline to shut it down.

And he was right, actually.

They were.

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