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Exhibit 3.1

		KPMG LLP
		Chartered Accountants		Telephone		(403) 691-8000
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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors of Precision Drilling Corporation, as administrator of Precision Drilling Trust

We consent to the use of our report dated March 23, 2009, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Precision Drilling Trust as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of earnings and deficit, comprehensive income and cash flow for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, incorporated by reference in Precision Drilling Trust’s registration statement on Form F-7.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Calgary, Canada
April 29, 2009