You do not understand the issues here.  The Majority of Canadians ( which you not speak for) will not have to live with the consequences of an accident. Bitumen, when spilled in a river or ocean environment is impossible to clean up. Check out the spill in the Saskatchewan River last summer. Such a spill would do irreprible harm to our economy devastating the fishery and tourism. Maybe you do not care as long as you get a fat pay cheque. But we will have to deal with it. I note there is significant opposition to energy east. That goes through Trudeau's home area. He has not commented on that yet. Why has he not talked about that as " in the interest of Canadians?" Maybe because he would lose an election if he supports it? As for Albertans, I get that they want to get the oil sold, but they are not maximizing the benifit by allowing bitumen to be transported. The should be upgrading it to less impactful synthetic crude of refined products. If big oil does not want to do that, leave it.