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By iPolitics. Published on Mar 5, 2021 12:41pm
Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan in Ottawa in June 2019, says his government is looking at all options to keep Line 5 operational. (Andrew Meade/iPolitics)
The Lead
Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan said the federal government won’t let Michigan shut down the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline. O’Regan told a special House of Commons committee on the relationship between Canada and the United States that Line 5 is vital to the energy and employment needs of Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta.
O’Regan’s comments come after Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered Line 5 to be shut down by May, claiming the Calgary-based energy company is violating the terms of the deal that allows the line to traverse the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac. iPolitics has that story.