RE:WAKE UP TIME FOR QUEBEC We have major energy security issues and this is a good example of government's playing with fire. Timing to pull the plug on the easement for this pipeline is May at least Michigan has the heart not to let our citizens freeze in the winter heating season! If not for the cold, this could have crippling economic impact to On and Qc
Statements from the Globe and Mail a few days ago:
Without this pipeline, Ontario would be about 45-per-cent short of the crude oil it requires, according to Enbridge Inc. Line 5′s supply is used, among other things, to produce gasoline and diesel for Ontario as well as 100 per cent of the jet fuel used at Pearson International Airport.
The pipeline from Michigan is also a critical source of supply for the Line 9 pipeline that runs from Ontario to Quebec and provides 40 per cent to 50 per cent of the crude oil that is used by Quebec refineries to make gasoline and other fuels.