WASHINGTON The Canadian architect of the controversial Line 5 cross-border pipeline expansion project said Friday it remains committed to a negotiated solution to its impasse with the state of Michigan, even though the government has effectively wa
Canada Parliamentary Committee Hints at ‘Legal Action’ in Line 5 Dispute as Mediation Set to Begin
A committee of Parliament in Ottawa has joined the Canadian campaign to save Enbridge Inc.’s 540,000 b/d Line 5 from threatened closure in Michigan.
“The Government of Canada may take legal action,” said a report released Thursday by the House of Commons Special Committee on the Economic Relationship Between Canada and the United States. The committee includes members of all political parties.
“Invoking the 1977 Transit Pipelines Treaty or the provisions of any other relevant international agreement, as well as filing an
amicus curiae brief in U.S. federal court litigation, could assist in resolving the dispute,” the committee said.