Science and Research committee  I will make it short. Currently, we know how to use renewables in ways across this country, with backup from hydro power, on a Canada-wide basis. We can do that when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow. The schemes that have been developed both here and abroad to al

Science and Research committee  I'm suggesting that what we do to replace the kinds of carbon-producing energy we have is to use renewables, but the cheapest source of new energy is when we cut back our use. For example, in the house I'm living in, we installed a geothermal unit in 2009, and it paid for itself

Science and Research committee  Yes.

Science and Research committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I am not a supporter of the development of SMRs, either in Canada or anywhere else. The reason is that our weather over the last few years is giving us clear evidence that climate change is rapidly becoming a challenge to all life on this wonderful planet