IFIT has been mentioned, and that would be a great one. We've been interested in applying for that particularly related to our bioenergy initiatives because they are somewhat cutting edge, and when you can't attract funding, you're typically always defaulting to lower technology solutions that are more comfortable for banks. Innovative investing is directly linked to the leading edge, so if you're going to try something new, banks aren't interested, and investors aren't that excited about risk.
So you default to the proven technology, the ones the engineers will guarantee will work, and that's what you build. If you want to build something exciting and new and adapt technologies from universities, which we would love to do, qualifying for funding is tough.
There are all kinds of things that were mentioned. In the pelleting industry we could go with torrefied pellets which is a brand new market that replaces coal. It would be a fantastic new technology, but it's a little bit unproven in Canada. We would have to import the technology from other places or work with universities to develop it further. We would love to partner more in that.
The programs I did mention that work for most of the forest companies, like accelerated capital cost allowance or SR and ED programs, don't work with first nations-owned companies. Our corporate structure doesn't qualify, so there are some gaps there. We would love to see those gaps addressed because we're being penalized, essentially, compared to our peers.