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2021-05-14 Economy

Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline still operating despite Michigan governor's shutdown deadline today

[MSN] Despite Michigan's deadline today for Enbridge to shut down Line 5, the Calgary-based company's pipeline continues to operate amid a dispute involving governments on both sides of the border.

An Enbridge spokesperson confirmed operations Wednesday have not been impacted.

Line 5 goes through the Straits of Mackinac, which separate Lakes Michigan and Huron. The nearly seven-decade-old pipeline carries petroleum from Western Canada through Wisconsin and Michigan, and ends at refineries in Sarnia, Ont.

Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley said he's while he was confident that the pipeline wouldn't be shut down on Wednesday amid mediation efforts, he's concerned the issue may be hanging over his region for months or years.

Bradley, who joined CBC Radio's Windsor Morning on Wednesday, said a closure of the pipeline would result in thousands of job losses and have other repercussions, including increased costs for energy. The pipeline helps deliver nearly half of the supply of light crude oil, light synthetic crude oil and natural gas liquids in Ontario and Quebec.

"It's not just Sarnia. It's a catastrophe here because of the jobs that would be impacted, but it ripples," said Bradley.

If the continued operation of Line 5 isn't upheld through the court process, Bradley says he'll call on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
...hereditary prime minister of the Great White North...
to appeal to U.S. President Joe The Big Guy Biden
Joe <q>The Big Guy</q> Biden

...46th president of the U.S. Old, boring, a plagiarist, fond of hair sniffing and grabbing the protruding parts of women, and not whatcha call brilliant... or is that an act?...
directly.

Posted by Fred 2021-05-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 So there are some limits to her megalomania, beginning with international (or really intra-Canadian) commerce.

Posted by Tom 2021-05-14 09:48|| 2021-05-14 09:48|| Front Page Top

#2 What's really amazing is Whitmer's near-total ignorance (more like callous disregard) of the international commerce angle.

The pipeline helps deliver nearly half of the supply of light crude oil, light synthetic crude oil and natural gas liquids in Ontario and Quebec.

On the other hand, maybe she sees this as a way to piss off millions of more people beyond the confines of Michigan's borders.

Posted by Raj 2021-05-14 09:59|| 2021-05-14 09:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Whitmer's near-total ignorance (more like callous disregard

I have heard this expressed as "F*ck the Canadians" by pipeline opponents. But it is also *bleep* the Upper Peninsula too, since Line 5 is where most of their propane comes from.

Something I have not seen mentioned is that in 2018 Embridge began working with the State of Michigan to build a tunnel under the Straits to protect the pipeline from anchor strikes, one of the big enviro-weenie fears. That made Whitmer's unilateral move to cancel the pipeline lease a bit of a surprise.

Posted by SteveS 2021-05-14 10:53|| 2021-05-14 10:53|| Front Page Top

#4 international (or really intra-Canadian) commerce.

Canadian National ups offer to seal deal for US railroad

Posted by Skidmark 2021-05-14 16:08|| 2021-05-14 16:08|| Front Page Top

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