Natural Resources committee  I would echo his comments about watering many flowers. I think at this stage, and this reflects what we've called for too, we're not at the point yet, but we do see, in the case of fusion, as we move forward through the period of the next 10 years or so, the opportunity to down-s

Natural Resources committee  Yes, but in fact it's the opposite. One of the big advantages of fusion is that you operate on very small amounts of fuel at any given time. Maybe a second's worth would be in a power plant at any given time. Even if things go perfectly right and you manage to get the reaction go

Natural Resources committee  The generation of net gain power plants being built, Iter is one of them, the technology.... I would say, in hindsight, it may have been a good decision by Canada not to host, because the costs on Iter have grown and the schedules have slipped. To a certain extent, that does prov

Natural Resources committee  I think by 2030, in Canada or elsewhere, there will be under construction a fusion power plant that will put electricity on the grid. It will be first of a kind, but I believe we will get there. What we want to do is make sure we're ready for that. We're talking about the techno

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much for the question. I'm going to answer in English. You're right, 150 million degrees is a tremendous challenge, and no material can maintain or withstand those temperatures. What fusion systems have done for a long time is take advantage of magnetic fields.

Natural Resources committee  Today the majority of our public funding comes from federal programs. We've had some early-stage assistance at the provincial level, but since then it's been federal. The biggest contribution there is through Sustainable Development Technology Canada. General Fusion is one of the

Natural Resources committee  Certainly. Yes, absolutely, the government could do more. There are a variety of things that we've talked about with representatives. Investing in research and development at the university sector is one of the key things we've proposed. There are opportunities for direct invest

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. It's an honour to be here today. I would like to thank the members of the committee for the opportunity to discuss fusion energy. I've provided a set of slides, which I am going to speak to. I wanted to start by just reminding people what fusion is. The f