Just as Enbridge files to reverse its Line 9 pipeline in order
to ship dangerous tar sands oil east for export, municipalities
across Ontario are stepping up and asking questions. It’s no
wonder, as this project would bring significant new risks to
Ontario but no rewards for those thousands of Ontarians living
along the route. So far, councils in communities along the
pipeline’s route – Hamilton, Burlington, Mississauga, and
Toronto have passed motions, requested more information or
sought to get involved in the approval process. The more people
who learn about this project, the more people ask What does this
mean for my community? Enbridge’s proposal – a bid to pipe more
dangerous tar sands oil through the most densely populated parts
of Canada, crossing all the major rivers draining into Lake
Ontario – could impact the drinking water of millions. Shipping
diluted bitumen is more dangerous than shipping conventional
oil. Pipelines transporting dilbit spill much more often than
those that don’t. That’s why th