The federal Canadian government has warned Washington of Michigan’s plan to shut down a pipeline transporting Canadian crude to U.S. refineries risks worsening bilateral relations. In a legal filing, Ottawa said the shutting down of the Line 5 pipeline will harm relations between Canada and the United States, have a negative impact on jobs and gasoline prices, and violate a treaty from 1977, the Financial Post said . Earlier this month, Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan told Bloomberg that keeping Line 5 open is “nonnegotiable.” “Line 5 is very different from Keystone XL and we fully support it, and we will defend it,” O’Regan said. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the director of the state’s Department of Natural Resources revoked Enbridge’s easement for the operation of the twin Line 5 pipeline last November, citing repeated violations of the easement and the need to protect the Great Lakes. Michigan’s […]