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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The Fond du Lac Band chose to allow Enbridge to follow its existing route through the reservation. There is no perfect outcome here, tribal council Chairman Kevin Dupuis Sr. told Minnesota Public News at the time. All remaining options threaten the environment for all and livelihood of the Indigenous people of Minnesota.
When the Fond du Lac leadership agreed to allow Enbridge to use the existing route, they also agreed not to publicly oppose the project. And that has left Martineau worried that her opposition to Line 3 effectively pits her against the tribe s Reservation Business Committee, the governing body of the Fond du Lac Band.
Enbridge taps new approach for pipelines
An ongoing series: Growing use of âcorporate social responsibilityâ helps companies bypass tribal opposition
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Apr 11, 2021
Water protectors rally against Enbridge s Line 3 pipeline in March 2021 and commemorate a pipeline spill that took place along the Prairie River near Grand Rapids, Minnesota in 1991. (Photo by Mary Annette Pember)
An ongoing series: Growing use of âcorporate social responsibilityâ helps companies bypass tribal opposition
Mary Annette Pember
It’s the dead of winter in Minnesota, and the woman’s footsteps make a distinctive crunching sound as she walks down a snow-covered road.
She and others are conducting an Ojibwe pipe ceremony along the Mississippi River, offering a ground blessing and prayers for the safety and health of people working on Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline project.