News Analysis Despite trying to sound the alarm for years, energy affordability advocate Dan McTeague told The Epoch Times that the Canadian government and media may have awakened too late to the potential closure of the Line 5 petroleum pipeline. “Until about a couple of months ago, no one took this issue seriously,” said McTeague, a former Liberal MP and founder of Canadians for Affordable Energy. “Every time I met with Michigan and Ohio representatives, they pleaded with me to ensure that the Canadian media or government was taking this seriously,” he said. “The navel-gazing by our politicians and by our elites and by our media has been appallingly out of sync with the reality that we could have very little, if any, fuel to drive our economy. Whether we want the transition to the green economy or not, we seem to be completely oblivious to the danger that lurks …