When it comes to petroleum product supply, the specific situation of eastern Canada has been on the radar for some time. It came to the fore when Shell announced the closure of its refinery in 2010. Refining capacity was being cut by 25%. That was when a red flag went up and people tried to say that something had to be done.
That is what spawned the whole discussion about reversing the flow of line 9 of the pipeline. Security is not just a matter of the end product but also a matter of crude supply.
In my view, a country with as many oil resources as Canada should start by ensuring that the entire country has a guaranteed supply. It is not enough to say that we will put it on a tanker and move it through the Panama Canal and hopefully it will arrive a week later.