I'll give you two examples from our presentation: enhancing existing programs, possibly by increasing their geographic scope, and ensuring that forest biomass is considered for credit eligibility under the Clean Fuels Standard that Environment and Climate Change Canada is implementing.
The objective of Vision Biomasse Québec is to develop the use of 1 million metric tons of residual forest biomass, and it expects to create 12,000 jobs in the construction phase and 3,000 to 4,000 jobs for ongoing activities. We are talking here about jobs in the regions for the extraction of the resource. This will also have the effect of consolidating the forest industry in general, which is currently struggling to find markets for its sawmill residues. Paper mills are in decline. The use of bioenergy could help keep these production units alive.
Mr. Paradis knows this conundrum too. In fact, he has installed a biomass heating system in his facilities. He can..