Mr. Speaker, let me assure the hon. member that my department has not contributed any funding to the TRIUMPH project.
Let me come back to the basic point. Government, especially in these difficult fiscal times, is about choices and setting priorities. We all must do this. The government has set those priorities.
My department, facing a 60 per cent reduction, set priorities and made choices. In this country fusion as a possible energy source is not a research priority.