Breeze Resources Partnership F-10 Registration of securities (Canada)

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Exhibit 5.8

Reply to: Keith A. Greenfield
Direct Phone:(403) 260-0309
Direct Fax:(403) 260-0330
kag@bdplaw.com
Assistant: Lynda Rowland
Direct Phone:(403) 260-0119
Our File: 57686-18

December 23, 2004

To:

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Dear Sirs:

Re:

Harvest Operations Corp., Harvest Energy Trust and Subsidiaries ("Harvest") —
Registration Statement on Form F-10

We hereby consent to the references to us and the use of our name in the Registration Statement of Harvest on Form F-10 filed the date hereof (the "Registration Statement") and the preliminary prospectus dated December 23, 2004 of Harvest included in the Registration Statement.

In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required by theSecurities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Yours truly,
BURNET, DUCKWORTH & PALMER LLP

/s/ Keith A. Greenfield
KEITH A. GREENFIELD

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Exhibit 5.8