This study, prepared for Industry Canada, identifies specific pragmatic and implementable policy options for stimulating marketplace demand for bio-products in Canada. The report presents a number of the key drivers for bio-products in Canada and elsewhere as well as the barriers currently limiting bio-product market demand. It also evaluates 18 different policy options that can help overcome existing barriers. Finally, the report summarizes the evaluation and identifies important consideration and areas of future research. A list of relevant references is included at the end of this report. The Appendix provides a sense of the resource potential related to biomass in Canada.
Bio-product Market Development Strategy
A Scoping Study on Federal Policies for Creating Market Demand for Bio-products in Canada
March 15, 2005
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