ESPANOLA, Ontario — It’s been a year since Domtar indefinitely idled Espanola’s pulp and paper mill and laid off 450 employees. Potential buyers have since toured the place, but an offer has yet to materialize. As the town heads into municipal budget deliberations, staff aren’t anticipating the paper machines to be turned back on any time soon. Domtar is in conversation with the province to reassess the value of the decades-old plant in a bid to reduce its municipal tax bill. …The town has applied for funding from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario to develop an economic diversification strategy that would involve moving away from the pulp and paper industry. …Ian Dunn, president and CEO of the Ontario Forest Industries Association, argues there’s still a lot of untapped economic potential in the province’s forestry sector…as there’s “huge opportunity” in the bioeconomy – using forests to produce energy.