Mr. Speaker, the finance minister's mortality math is as bad as his other math. On September 11 more people died in office buildings than died in the airplanes. It is a general security matter.
The air tax has been in place since April Fool's Day and only two things have changed with air security: first, the mass confiscation of nail clippers; and second, we now are asked if we packed our bags ourselves, which is hardly a relevant question if we are trying to stop a suicide bomber.
The reality is that airline pilots themselves do not feel safer. The Air Canada Pilots Association has asked the government to allow them to carry tazers into cockpits. If air security has improved so much, why do airline pilots want to carry tazers into cockpits?