If we had to pick one, if we had an either/or situation, it strikes me that the growth in the future over the next several decades is expected to be overwhelmingly in Asia, and therefore a Pacific export pathway would be preferable to an eastern one. As you said, with the amount of oil in Alberta and western Canada, the idea that eastern Canada is importing oil rather than having a pipeline being run to it strikes me as a bit absurd. I think a “both directions” approach would be better for Canada as a whole.
On April 25th, 2013. See this statement in context.