Still ‘Non-Negotiable:’ Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Redraws Line on Line 5

In this June 8, 2017, file photo, fresh nuts, bolts and fittings are ready to be added to the east leg of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline near St. Ignace, Mich., as Enbridge prepares to test the east and west sides of the Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac in Mackinaw City, Michigan. The Canadian Press/Detroit News-Dale G. Young

Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is doubling down on Canada’s assertion that the continuing operation of the Line 5 pipeline is “non-negotiable.”

Wilkinson made the comments in the House of Commons today following media reports that the cross-border pipeline is facing yet another court challenge.