Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I appreciate that this is a relatively emerging section of our economy, and it's not something that we traditionally thought of as a strength, but I don't want to see this department be in a position where it's waiting for the knowledge economy to come about organically, and that it's actually finding ways to stimulate knowledge economy, investments and development, and an innovation strategy that rewards private sector investment in innovative solutions. I think it dovetails quite well in the coming reality of carbon pricing and green economy solutions to Northern mining and manufacturing. I guess I just want to leave that as a comment. Let's build it so it's present in our economy, we're not waiting for it to catch up, because innovators will move to jurisdictions that support innovation, and that will be my final word on that, and I will invite the Minister to comment on it.

I did want to just discuss the BDIC as the next point. There is quite a substantial cut being proposed to BDIC, around just over $900,000. Is this a one-time deduction? Thank you.