OTTAWA – A new cross-border flashpoint between the United States and Canada threatens to flare as American opponents of a proposed mine call on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to help halt the project that could pollute Canadian waters and a pristine Ontario wilderness park. Rep. Betty McCollum, a Democrat from Minnesota, has written directly to Trudeau to flag her fears and to ask him to weigh in. For about a decade, it has been testing at the site in Minnesota and putting its plans together. The Star could not confirm that, or whether Trudeau has privately expressed his own concerns to the Trump administration. Neither Global Affairs Canada or the prime minister’s office responded to the Star’s request for comments about this story on Tuesday.

Source: thestar February 11, 2020 23:48 UTC