Finance committee  --from $2.50 right now per segment to $5.50 per segment, up to a maximum of $11 for a one-way trip by 2014.

Finance committee  It's different, because in the U.S. it's per segment, so it depends on how many legs of travel it takes for you to get to your destination.

Finance committee  It will all be based on whether it's equal and whether there are any connections, because as I mentioned, in the U.S. it's per segment. So for your connections you're paying separate fees.

Finance committee  It'll be $5.50 per segment for domestic travel--

Finance committee  Correct.

Finance committee  Correct.

Finance committee  There's a principle with respect to the funding of air travel security. The basic principle is that it's a benefit directly and principally for the air travellers; therefore, air travellers, as the principal beneficiaries, should pay for the cost of enhanced air travel. There are going to be some significant increases in spending and improvements and enhancements to Canadians' air travel security system.

Finance committee  Correct. These are revenues that are collected. It's the air travel security charge. The revenue is collected by the carriers and it then goes into the CRF, the consolidated revenue fund.

Finance committee  There's a process in place. There's normal reporting in terms of how security is financed and the link between revenues from the ATSC and the security expenditures. It's normally reported. It's been reported in past budgets. There is an audit process by the Auditor General that reports on how those revenues are used and the link between the revenues and the expenditures.

Finance committee  Correct. The air travel security charge is levied on air travellers. It's collected by the carriers, and the air travellers are the people who principally benefit. Those are the people who get the direct benefit from the enhanced travel. Therefore, the principle is that the air travellers pay for the cost of the air travel security system.

Finance committee  On the increases in the charge, there have been discussions I believe between Transport Canada and the security agencies regarding new security measures and what's required. A lot of the security measures are international in context. In order to fly into a foreign airports, those airports require some sort of clearing, and there are agreements before they will allow you in.

Finance committee  I'm not familiar with how well it was received. I know there is a proposal in place right now in the U.S. to increase the level of the charge for security.

Finance committee  I'm not familiar if there have been any changes. I know there are security fees. It's difficult to compare security charges in Canada versus those elsewhere, because they are often lumped together with different fees. There's a customs fee. They are all together in one fee, so it's really difficult to compare them.

Finance committee  The minister, as you can appreciate, doesn't have the capacity to print these particular stamps. He is going out to a specific specialized printer. The printer in this case is one of these specialized printers who also deals with the currency. He is a very sophisticated, very directed, targeted sort of printer.

Finance committee  Also, as I mentioned earlier, there are controls in terms of who can possess that particular stamp, and there are penalties and offences for illegitimate possession of this particular stamp. So it will very much be a new, controlled product. There are significant penalties in here for improper possession.