The Line 5 controversy highlights Justin Trudeau’s failure to protect one of the most important sectors of Canada’s economy. His infatuation with climate change apocalypse has left Canada’s energy sector at the mercy of partisan American politics. The Line 5 battle has also made it clear that new export pipelines are no longer just an Alberta issue. Forty-five per cent of all the oil used by Ontario and Quebec comes through Line 5. If Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer ever succeeds in shutting the pipeline down, there would be economic chaos in both provinces.
Our prime minister has no credibility to challenge either Whitmer or President Joe Biden on the Line 5 shutdown. Trudeau is the Gretchen Whitmer of Canada. Everything she talks about doing to shut down Canada’s oil and gas sector, Trudeau has actually done! Why didn’t our prime minister directly phone Biden to request help with Line 5? He knew the White House would not pick up the phone.
Whitmer and her anti-pipeline allies may have lost this round, as Line 5 is still operating, but their “defeat” adds to and strengthens the Blockadia movement’s narrative to stigmatize and block oil pipelines from Canada.
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