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Canada files brief in U.S. federal court over Line 5 dispute


Federal Natural Resources Minister Seamus O Regan, pictured in Jan. 2019. On Tuesday, O Regan announced Ottawa had filed a legal brief in U.S. federal court in the case of the Line 5 pipeline. File photo by Andrew Meade
Canada has filed a legal brief in United States federal court siding with an oil pipeline company against Michigan, even going so far as to invoke the memory of 9/11 as a reminder of how the two countries have worked together in the past.
Michigan, which has ordered Line 5 to shut down by May 12, is seeking to defend its waterways from the risk of an oil spill. In an amicus brief filed Tuesday, the federal government argued the looming threat of a shutdown “poses grave concerns” for Canada’s economy and for the country’s relationship with the U.S. ....

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