Ground Truth Briefing | Line 5 Tests U.S.-Canada Relations

In the United States, state governors do not make foreign policy, but their actions can have serious international implications. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's efforts to shut down Enbridge Line 5 have prompted the first major crisis in bilateral relations since the start of the Biden administration. To understand the local politics that are forcing Washington and Ottawa into a confrontation they both hoped to avoid, the Wilson Center checks in with Sarah Hubbard in Lansing and Canada Institute Global Fellow Mitch Davidson in Toronto.