Less time consuming would be the only advantage if you wanted an opinion.
I just passed along my 10 year old treager to my old man and replaced it with a Weber Kamado E6.
I also have a 22 inch performer that does everything I need it to, I love it.
I am also in Canada and the going retail is $1399 for this bbq.
A lot less time is spent on using a pellet grill and the traeger had dated electronics even though they still have the same electronics on their current cheapest model. I like the challenge of the fire and using temp probes with alarms has really given me the time to do other things without much worry. The new smokefire does really sound like it does a good job but if it is like the traeger you will miss out all of the charcoal flavour and a lot of the smoke flavour. I found the pellets to do a pretty good job, but nothing like a fire and smoking wood will do, the flavour is weak compared to a kettle cook if you are used to that and enjoy it you may want to consider other options too.
I don't want to try to steer you way, these are my personal preferences but there are a few here who love their pellet grill for sure.
My E6 arrives on Saturday I think and from what some of the guys are saying about their new Kamado grills is that they can really lock the temp in good with it. This is part of the reason I jumped on one, along with it's dedication to smoking.
I would have bought the S6 but I have a performer table that will sit right beside the E6 so no extra table was needed.
Just have to learn to be more left handed