Brian Gibson Quotes

"Management is basically going home on Friday and coming in to work on Monday in the same job with the same responsibilities. I can't imagine how any self-respecting director would agree to an arrangement like that . . . In Calgary, in particular, it seems like it's just a standard thing to do. When there's a corporate development of any kind, management just put a lot of money in their pockets in the process, regardless of whether they created value or not."

"We take the simple view that, whether they are set up as a trust or a company, it makes sense that they be governed the same way."

"Ron Cranford is trying to make heroes out of people who have done some really evil things. The whole conference needs to be opposed. It's a morbid and sadistic thing they're promoting."

"Quite the opposite of undermining the competitiveness of the economy, [trusts] actually improve things. Capital ends up getting invested in things that make sense."

"We had to do something special for opening night,"