Saskatoon / 650 CKOM May 17, 2021 | 1:06 PM The Canadian government is stepping in to ensure a pipeline that carries 500,000 barrels of oil a day is not shut down. This comes after Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer requested the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline be shut down over concerns about environmental safety. The pipeline carries product from Western Canada through Wisconsin and then Michigan before it ends up in Ontario and Quebec. Former Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall spoke to Gormley on Monday and says he found it upsetting it took this potential shutdown for the federal government to take a defensive stance on Canadian oil. “It took the threat of the shutdown significantly impacting our central Canadian fellow citizens to get the federal government to find interest in pipelines,” Wall said. “Maybe even the spectre of a shutdown will help convince voters in central Canada to demand something different from federal parties in terms of their energy policy.