Canada is a very big country. I will answer your question from the Quebec perspective.
Wood pellets are not finding their niche on the domestic Quebec market for the simple reason that hydroelectricity is a challenge. Being competitive is extremely difficult. That's why we need to focus on the European export market, among others.
I think we need to prove ourselves in Quebec. We need to keep in mind that we need to offer a good product that is energy efficient and inexpensive. Competition from Hydro-Québec is strong. However, we can win points if we operate through the regional government. We need to prove the value of boiler rooms and heat generating networks, sort of like in Rivière-du-Loup, Amqui and the Gaspé Peninsula.
Yes, we can make more people from our regions work, while promoting forestry products considered as waste and prove that forestry bioenergy can play a role in Quebec and Canadian energy portfolios. In doing so, we might be able to develop the boiler industry, for example. We know how we have been burning wood since the Neolithic age. It isn't a great source of added value.
From a transitional perspective, there really is something to be done, especially since we need jobs in our rural communities. Developing this channel will allow us to benefit from an export market that we have, here and now.