Mr. Speaker, there was a $7.7 billion security package. Of that, the Canadian government and Canadian taxpayers are picking up $5 billion of the costs.
The $2.2 billion that will go to air travellers will be paid by those who are the most frequent users of airlines. At the same time, we have picked up and absorbed $72 million of air security costs that previously were paid for by the airlines, money they can use to either improve their balance sheets or reduce their airfares.
Under these kinds of circumstances and given the government's financial constraints, to ask air passengers to pay for--