EXHIBIT
31.1


CERTIFICATIONS





I, John Folnovic, certify
that:





1.      I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of True North Energy
Corporation.




2.      Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the period covered by this report;




3.      Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the smaller reporting company
issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;




4.      The
smaller reporting company issuer’s other certifying officers and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the smaller
reporting company issuer and have;




(a)       Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the smaller reporting company issuer, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;




(b)       Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles;




(c)       Evaluated
the effectiveness of the smaller reporting company issuer’s disclosure controls
and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and




(d)       Disclosed
in this report any change in the smaller reporting company issuer’s internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this
report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the smaller reporting company issuer’s internal control over financial
reporting; and




5.      The
smaller reporting company issuer’s other certifying officers and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the smaller reporting company issuer’s auditors and the
audit committee of smaller reporting company issuer’s board of directors (or
persons performing the equivalent functions):




(a)       All
significant deficiencies and material weakness in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the smaller reporting company issuer’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and




(b)       Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the smaller reporting company issuer’s internal
control over financial reporting.





Date:  December
      12, 2008
                /s/John FolnovicJohn
      FolnovicPrincipal
      Executive Officer