the canadian federal government provides financial incentives for the period for the amount of litres produced in canada under its established the ecoenergy for biofuels program natural resources canada in addition there are programmes at provincial level in alberta manitoba ontario quebec and saskatchewan the duration of which varies per province laan et al at federal level for example these are the national biomass ethanol programme which accepted applications until the ethanol expansion programme which ran between and the ecoagriculture biofuels capital initiative which lasted from to and the biofuels opportunities for producers initiative which provided grants to biofuel producers between and laan et al