In my humble opinion, we need to strike on both fronts simultaneously. We need to be able to have an immediate response to the crisis and the perfect storm we are traversing. At the same time, we need to unlock new markets.
Groupe Rémabec was a pioneer in wood biofuel. We proved that it works. To date, we have sold 50 million litres of pyrolytic oil.
What we need to do is replicate local successes at the national level. It works. We can reduce carbon emissions for all federal buildings using heating oil, such as heavy fuel oil.
Let's use wood from now on. It is possible. It works. Others have done so. Industries have done so. It's a viable economic argument. Not a single industry will want to reduce emissions with another technology if it undermines their competitiveness.
The product is based on a viable economic model. Why could the federal government not lead by example by fostering the expansion of the forestry industry and by allowing other players such as us to participate?
We paved the way. Others can follow it. We look forward to collaborating with other players in the industry to create a much more resilient forestry industry with these by-products, among other things.