Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I do appreciate that the Minister does not have a crystal ball to tell us what's going to happen in the future. But I know that -- I think I can even speak for my colleagues that this is an area where obviously we would support, I think, increased funding.
Another area where we would support increased funding is under the SEED program. And one of the reasons I really enjoyed -- like the SEED program is that it's not specific to any type of industry, and really anybody can access. And I very much try to promote people when they tell me they have a business idea that they need to go and talk to ITI about getting themselves some SEED support. So I know why we've gone from $4.2 million to 3.86. That is additional money that was put in for COVID. I am disappointed though that we didn't maintain that extra funding and, really, I think that we should actually really look at increasing this more, not only by what maybe we might be wanting as Regular Members but even greater than that, because it can just be used so versatilely.
So can the Minister speak to whether or not we think we're going to see an increase in funding for the SEED pot? Thank you.