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  <element name="ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExpirationsPeriod" id="bgi_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExpirationsPeriod" type="xbrli:durationItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExpired" id="bgi_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExpired" type="xbrli:sharesItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardStockAppreciationRightsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice" id="bgi_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardStockAppreciationRightsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice" type="num:perShareItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="instant" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="ShareBasedCompensationPayoutRatioUnderLongTermCashIncentivePlan" id="bgi_ShareBasedCompensationPayoutRatioUnderLongTermCashIncentivePlan" type="xbrli:pureItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="instant" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="ShareBasedCompensationPayoutRatioUnderLongTermCashIncentivePlansAfterFirstThreeYears" id="bgi_ShareBasedCompensationPayoutRatioUnderLongTermCashIncentivePlansAfterFirstThreeYears" type="xbrli:pureItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="instant" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="ShareBasedCompensationPayoutRatioUnderLongTermCashIncentivePlansThereafter" id="bgi_ShareBasedCompensationPayoutRatioUnderLongTermCashIncentivePlansThereafter" type="xbrli:pureItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="instant" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="SignificantAccountingPoliciesLineItems" id="bgi_SignificantAccountingPoliciesLineItems" type="xbrli:stringItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="SignificantAccountingPoliciesTable" id="bgi_SignificantAccountingPoliciesTable" type="xbrli:stringItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrldt:hypercubeItem"/>
  <element name="StockIssuedDuringPeriodTaxEffect" id="bgi_StockIssuedDuringPeriodTaxEffect" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="StockOptionsOutstandingMember" id="bgi_StockOptionsOutstandingMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="SupplementalAvailabilityReserve" id="bgi_SupplementalAvailabilityReserve" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="credit" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="TargetIncentiveDistributionLevel" id="bgi_TargetIncentiveDistributionLevel" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="TaxCreditCarryforwardExpirationDateOne" id="bgi_TaxCreditCarryforwardExpirationDateOne" type="xbrli:stringItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="TermLoanFacilityMember" id="bgi_TermLoanFacilityMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="TermLoanFromInvestissementOfQuebecPrimePlusFivePointFivePercentMember" id="bgi_TermLoanFromInvestissementOfQuebecPrimePlusFivePointFivePercentMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="TermLoanFromInvestissementOfQuebecPrimePlusSevenPercentMember" id="bgi_TermLoanFromInvestissementOfQuebecPrimePlusSevenPercentMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="TermLoanFromInvestissementOfQuebecPrimePlusTenPercentMember" id="bgi_TermLoanFromInvestissementOfQuebecPrimePlusTenPercentMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="TimepiecesMember" id="bgi_TimepiecesMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="TradeReceivables" id="bgi_TradeReceivables" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="debit" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="UnadjustedGrossProfit" id="bgi_UnadjustedGrossProfit" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="credit" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsNettedAgainstDeferredTaxAssets" id="bgi_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsNettedAgainstDeferredTaxAssets" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="credit" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="VotingCommonStockMember" id="bgi_VotingCommonStockMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
  <element name="WarrantyAccrualPolicyTextBlock" id="bgi_WarrantyAccrualPolicyTextBlock" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
</schema>
