Thank you, Mr. Chair. So work is underway right now to put together regional economic development plans. And I know I've had this conversation with the Member before as to whether one can have a target before one even has a plan so, you know, again, and we may have to agree to disagree about the process by which that is determined, but having something there, having some guidance and some direction so that communities can then develop their targets once they know some of their areas, that may well be the ultimate outcome of it. But it's meant to be something that empowers and drives community economic development and in a measurable fashion.
They are expected to be completed this Assembly by -- certainly before the August session, if not hopefully even sooner, much sooner than that.
And the knowledge economy versus innovation, Mr. Chair, I think it was -- if I'm not mistaken, last year we went out to do the work around the knowledge economy. It came back very, very clearly from the consultation process that went out publicly that most folks did not like the word "knowledge" economy. They didn't understand it, didn't make sense to them. So, you know, it's not unanimous by any stretch and this House shows that, but the recommendations we got quite firmly were to make it a name that more people could identify with and that aligned more to the federal government's approach which may help us get some money for it. Thank you.