Rick Mercer you are a national treasure. Instructional educational comical.You’re the best on TV.

Seriously, this is one of the best shows on air.

Coffee and donut deliveries...that is why the hydro bill is so high 😂

Got to hand it to Rick. He is brave. What an excellent show.

good job, I'm a lineman in northern ontario and from what i've seen you did very well.

Was watching these guys setting up towers all year here. The town is connecting to some power plant far away. Eastern ON

He's a tough dude that was high up!

props to mercer and his camera guy for going up there without much complaining

Man rick is pretty tough actually! no problem at that terrifying height! Respect!

The absurdity of this show sometimes. Rick really had the best job in the world.

Well done Rick!

"Did it have sprinkles?" *In Rick's head- Oh damnit!

Rick is Jon Stewart with field experience! Love it!

tim hortons new air delivery

Rick is working on the Bruce-Milton 500,000 volt transmission line which goes from the Bruce Nuclear Plant near Tiverton, ON all the way to Toronto. I'd love to see Rick hotstick a live powerline.

Well we know who to blame when the power goes out 😅😅

man, this guy Rick is amazing! LOL best from Greenland

Jeez...How much is Rick Mercer's work insurance policy ?

lol at the coffee and donut part

you are just awesome !!

That why we should build wind turbines INSIDE the powerline towers, effectively creating Edison's dream : a Windmillpowertower.

*WoW! Scary, Informative, Funny and Most Entertaining! Loved It!! ♥*

rick i always look back on meeting you.

the "how are you"s! every time with the unanswered "how are you"s!

Terrifying! No way would I (COULD I) do that! Wow! Amazing stuff.

worked for that conpany in alberta!

that was pretty cool

Pretty impressive for someone who has never done this before. I used to do this work.

Those boys are from the walkerton hydro shop! I've met a couple at Bruce power (where they are running the line from)

Worked alongside valard on the eatl project in Alberta

he has the best job in the world

Ladies and gentlemen... the power infrastructure of Canada... made by hand... by a TV personality :3

*An hour later* Mom I think the powers out!

Notice how they use Kito lever hoists to deadend the high voltage power lines.

Love to know how many women are part of the crew.......looks like a hard job. Did you see the size of that guys hands that was turning the nut......the crusher.....

What? No Donut? Classic.

The transmission towers are neccessary to bring all energy, even wind energy to its destination. Unless you have your own wind generator that is.

wow rick must have good connections for those ppl to allow him to go on the helicopter and dangle from the side and toy around with it delivering donuts it looks fun nonetheless just didnt think they would allow him to go that far with his stunts you rule rick

bide friendly seat ! this guy is hilarious

Balls of steel

Its like a bidet lol

so he went to an undisclosed location but it says in the info that he traveled to hanover on

I've climbed those poles before... damn painful on the legs.

i agree

Not all windmills have 50m wide wings. And not all mills use wings, just google image "Urban windmill" to see a few. These don't even have to face the wind.

If The Frantics' skit "Army Careers" is to be believed, you need training in Antique Restoration to work on Canadian Helicopters

@JoeIsMyName2000 Actually look in the back ground of the video,the contractor is Valard. Valard is all over the world. so before u make a statement thinking u know what youre talking about- get your facts straight.

I'd love to be a linesman, however I hate really tall structures from a certain point :)

Holy shit, I will never be a powerline engineer

@zeldafreak71 Given how long "Rick Mercer Report" has been on, I think that should be the other way around!

ever notice that the mercer report is like dirty jobs?

Peter McKay style!

And how exactly would they rotate when the wind changes without hitting the wires?

great job Rick, you sure are brave. not meant as a political comment, but why do we accept these transmission towers as a given, when some many people can't accept wind turbines? what's uglier? they are both important given our dependence on electricity.

@zeldafreak71 Yes, but far less inept.

Anyone have any idea what the job title of these guys working on this is called? What kind of experience do you need to get this job?

That helicopter is registered in the frickin' States?!?!

Why is it an undisclosed location?

Electrician PRIDE!

Zazur hydro

why would they contract the helicopter work out to an American company?

wait the coffe and de donut was unnecessary ...

did it have sprinkles? LOL

i would not climb that metal monster 1 i hate highs 2 i dislike being near deadly metal monsters &3 i learned in science that the electricity metal monsters carry jumps & if it comes in to contact it can instantly kill some one. so that why i avoid being near a metal monster like that pylon

I'm in complete agreement with JoelsMyName2000. The only way to maintain a base load of energy per unit time, or Watts (Kilowatts, Megawatts), is to have energy conversion utilities that can maintain a baseload and other utilities that can ramp up the power (watts) as needed, relatively quickly to adjust for demand at different times of the day and different times of the year. My concern is that we are wasting our time with the CANDU technology as is, when using uranium. Why should China, using one of our CANDU reactors, be the first to get commercial power from THORIUM. Uranium is a finite element. Maybe 50 to 100 years of supply at todays worldwide consumption. Reprocessing waste/spent fuel will help tremendously, as France's AREVA nuclear utility does. But the "Greens" fearmongering has shut down a critical industry in most of the world. Canada should be developing the UREX AND PUREX re-processing system. WHY THROW AWAY SPENT FUEL RODS INTO A POOL, WHEN ONLY 5% OF THE FUEL HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO ENERGY. XENON 135, A FISSION PRODUCT OF URANIUM 235, IS A NEUTRON SCAVENGER, EFFECTIVELY STOPPING THE CONTROLLED CHAIN REACTION! THAT IS WHY THEY CHANGE THE FUEL BUNDLES EVERY 2 TO 3 YEARS. SO WE ARE THROWING 95% (approximately) of the ENERGY INTO A POOL FOR CENTURIES. THE NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE WILL BE THE LFTR. (Liquid Flouride Thorium Reactor.) Look it up on your search engine of choice. And read the book: "SUPER FUEL Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the Future", by Richard Martin 2013....ISBN 978-0-230-11647-4 ad iudicium

really??!! a timmies take 10 poured into a mc' donalds cup?? no

Tim Horton's in a McDonald's cup. Sacrilege.

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