Mr. Speaker, as we have said, Line 5 is the most efficient way to deliver the products that Michigan needs to heat its homes, to fly its jets and to power its economy. We do not need more trucks on the road jamming up the 401 or jamming up our already congested border crossings, and those idling trucks would be releasing emissions in Governor Whitmer's backyard, in Michigan, while they wait to cross the border. Line 5 is safe. It has been for 65 years. It will continue to be so. It is safer and better for the environment than the alternatives, and that is the case we are making in defending Canada's energy security.
In the House of Commons on May 7th, 2021. See this statement in context.