Line 5 ‘very different’ from Keystone XL, Canada will fight hard for it, says O’Regan
Mar 4, 2021 | 2:29 PM
WASHINGTON — Canada’s natural resources minister is calling the cross-border Line 5 pipeline a “non-negotiable” element of talks with the United States.
Seamus O’Regan is vowing to defend the underwater pipeline as he testifies before a special House of Commons committee on Canada-U.S. relations.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has pledged to shut down the Enbridge pipeline, which links Wisconsin and Sarnia, Ont., through the Straits of Mackinac between lakes Michigan and Huron.
O’Regan says the pipeline is a vital source of both jobs and energy for Northern U.S. states, as well as southwestern Ontario and Quebec.
