Christopher Sands, Ph.D.
Christopher Sands is Director of the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute. He is an adjunct professor of Canadian Studies at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. His work has been commissioned by the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, the Migration Policy Institute, and the National Endowment for Democracy. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, he and his family reside in Washington, D.C.
On President Biden’s first day in office, he terminated construction of the Keystone Pipe Line, critical to the export of Canadian oil. The governor of Michigan has taken steps to close the Line 5 Pipe Line which supplies Western Canadian crude to refineries in Ontario and Quebec which provide downstream products including the jet fuel for Toronto International Airport. Without Canadian crude, the refineries would be forced to rely to a far greater extent on imported oil shipped down the St. Lawrence River.
Sands will help us determine if there is a significant change taking place in U.S./Canada relations.
Christopher Sands is Director of the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute. He is an adjunct professor of Canadian Studies at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. His work has been commissioned by the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, the Migration Policy Institute, and the National Endowment for Democracy. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, he and his family reside in Washington, D.C.
On President Biden’s first day in office, he terminated construction of the Keystone Pipe Line, critical to the export of Canadian oil. The governor of Michigan has taken steps to close the Line 5 Pipe Line which supplies Western Canadian crude to refineries in Ontario and Quebec which provide downstream products including the jet fuel for Toronto International Airport. Without Canadian crude, the refineries would be forced to rely to a far greater extent on imported oil shipped down the St. Lawrence River.
Sands will help us determine if there is a significant change taking place in U.S./Canada relations.
