In addition to building a dilbit pipeline we should also be looking at twinning it with a natural gas pipeline and building an LNG plant either in the Prince Rupert area or on another fiord on the west coast to liquify and ship our natural gas to Asian countries at a high price...ie...South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China all who currently pay higher prices than the USA does for LNG.
Come to think of it with global warming we should also be looking at building a pipeline to Churchill Manitoba from Alberta and Saskatchewan to ship our oil and gas to Europe. What is the matter here? Churchill could be kept open year round with ice breakers today and in 5 or 10 years we won't need them to keep the port of Churchill open year round. Churchill would also be a good place to build an LNG plant as it isn't near a large metropolitan area which would nix such a plant. Europe wants to be free from Russian oil/gas domination and pays higher than the USA does as well.
Best Wishes; Scott