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March 7, 2021
When oil and gas companies employ hundreds of out-of-town, typically male workers to work on pipeline projects, an uptick in that area s rates of sexual violence and sex trafficking usually follows.
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That s becoming a concern for Michigan s Indigenous people, who cite Canadian oil company Enbridge s impending Line 5 pipeline tunnel project in the Mackinac Straits as a reason to worry for their already-vulnerable tribal communities nearby.
The correlation between extractive industry construction like pipeline projects and sex trafficking is well-documented. Temporary housing communities for the labor force building the pipelines, often called man camps, result in a temporary population boom in often-rural areas. These create a strain on the area s social infrastructure and can stretch police services thin if crimes occur.
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Rep. Bergman was direct when asked if he had any regrets.
“The short answer is no,” he said.
And the long answer?
The 2020 Election
In November, U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet) was re-elected to a third term in the U.S. House of Representatives with over 60% of the vote. But he couldn’t break a tie on the Grand Traverse County Commission in February for a non-binding resolution.
It would have praised Rep. Bergman but failed by a 3-3 vote. Constituents like Richard Walter called in to ask the lawmaker to resign.
“[Bergman] should not be praised and should not be honored by a frivolous resolution that does nothing to help this community,” he said.