Mr. Speaker, it may have been a good idea for the finance minister to have asked some of his ministers to reduce some of their wasteful spending.
The U.S. government will soon be charging U.S. travellers a $5 security charge for each round trip flight in the U.S. With the finance minister's new budget, the Canadian government will be charging a $24 security tax for round trip domestic travel. Why is the Canadian government charging air travellers three and a half times what the U.S. government is charging its travellers?