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Reuters: Canada invokes 1977 pipeline treaty for Line 5

[ckwong]

From Reuters:

Canada formally invokes 1977 pipeline treaty with U.S. over Line 5 dispute

CALGARY, Alberta, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Canada on Monday formally invoked a 1977 treaty with the United States to request negotiations over Enbridge Inc's (ENB.TO) Line 5 oil pipeline, which the state of Michigan has ordered to shut down over concerns it could leak into the Great Lakes.

Gordon Giffin, legal counsel for the Canadian government, filed a letter to the federal court dealing with the legal dispute between Enbridge and Michigan, informing the judge of the move.

Canada's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Reporting by Nia Williams in Calgary, Sebastien Malo in New York and Steve Scherer in Ottawa

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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The gloves are off.

[FiddyFiddyOddz]

Beauty - Suck on that gov. Whitmer !!!!!! ckwong wrote:"From Reuters: Canada formally invokes 1977 pipeline treaty with U.S. over Line 5 dispute CALGARY, Alberta, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Canada on Monday formally invoked a 1977 treaty with the United States to request negotiations over Enbridge Inc's (ENB.TO) Line 5 oil pipeline, which the state of Michigan has ordered to shut

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[FiddyFiddyOddz]

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said "the letter filed by Canada today provides no legal basis for delaying consideration of our case." https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-1977-pipline-treaty-michigan-line-5-1.6199136

[CanSiamCyp]

How did this happen? Did the Tu rdo LIe berals finally grow a pair and decide to stand up to their Uncle Joe in the White House? Will wonders never cease? Maybe that is what Tu rdo was thinking about while strolling on the beach in Tofino on the first Truth and Recreation Day on 30 Sept. Let's hope that this higher level appeal process will resolve this dispute once and for all. And - just

[silkos]

It has to do with the spill in California as well with the mediation developments that led nowhere as expected. It's time to move this to the higher courts and let the media blah blah about it all they want. International arbitration (if it gets so far) will take many years. Unless Biden comes to the realization that the "Winter is coming" every year, US needs oil, and provides

[FiddyFiddyOddz]

If anyone had 1/2 a brain, they'd let Enbridge do their thing to make Line 5 even safer.  The longer improvements are dragged out, the more chance of a California-type leak happening.  Silkos wrote:"It has to do with the spill in California as well with the mediation developments that led nowhere as expected. It's time to move this to the higher courts and let the media

[Quintessential1]

I agree and it's not just that winter is coming every year, which it is, it's that every year delayed leaves the straits exposed to a pipeline that is literally run through the water.  Surely a concrete reinforced tunnel dug 100 feet below the strait bed is a much better option.  Lets get some approvals and get this thing done and you can still protest Line 5 if you don't