Who really cares where the road goes."Build it and they will come."
Debating on whether the road should be north/south or east/west is not a progressive discussion for gaining access to the ring. Leave it to the MTO and the first nations to decide where the road should go to service their needs. In ten years, no one will care on whether the road should have, would have or could have gone. Just get it up there and everyone will use it and gain by it.
It's laughable that some on this board see themselves as some sort of all knowing macro view urban planners who pretend to know what is good for one and all. Build it and they will come.