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A Team Canada approach is needed to protect Enbridge’s Line 5 and the thousands of local jobs it supports, says Marilyn Gladu.
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“It’s a huge issue,” said the Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong MP, speaking to Golden K Kiwanis club members in Sarnia Tuesday.
Michigan’s Supreme Court Friday ordered state regulators to reconsider a permit that would allow Enbridge to upgrade the 1,038-kilometre Line 5 with a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac.
That means a contentious tunnel construction plan to replace a 73-year-old twin oil pipeline on the bottom of the Straits, where lakes Huron and Michigan connect, needs to be redone, taking into account potential alternatives and the environmental impact.
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer ordered Line 5 shut in 2021, arguing it’s an environmental threat to the Great Lakes.
Enbridge refused to comply, arguing the governor exceeded her authority and federal jurisdiction applies.