Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario urge Michigan to reconsider shutting down Line 5

WASHINGTON — Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario are forming a united front in the fight to reverse Michigan’s shutdown of a key cross-border pipeline. 

Energy ministers from all three provinces are urging Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to reconsider her attack on Enbridge’s Line 5. 

The ministers are testifying before a special House of Commons committee examining Canada-U.S. relations. 

Whitmer has ordered the 65-year-old pipeline shut down because it crosses the Straits of Mackinac, a sensitive area of the Great Lakes.