The knowledge economy encompasses the innovation, IT and science sectors; sectors that will build communities and strengthen the economic base of the Yukon.

A Yukon Liberal government will:

• develop an innovation plan;
• pursue opportunities for advancing scientific research in Yukon such as:establish an Open Data Repository;
  • establishing a Yukon Research Fund;
  • reviewing the Yukon Scientists and Explorers Act, and
  • creating additional Yukon Research Chair(s) at Yukon College;
• pursue federal funding for energy research;
• establish a 5-Year funding plan for technology innovation projects;
• enhance connectivity and bandwidth for all Yukon communities, and
• accelerate the completion of the fibre optic redundancy project.