Mr. Speaker, we are not overtaxing given the information we have at this time. The point the hon. member and the newspaper article fail to grasp is that the number of emplanements is not the same as the number of $12 charges. Some people flying from A to B to C will pay only $12 but when they fly from A to B and then from B to C that will be two emplanements. In calculating the number of emplanements we reduced the gross total by 25% to allow for these flights from A to B to C. That was the logic.
As I have said a hundred times by now, if air travel proves to be stronger than thought at the time it will be cause for celebration because the economy will be improving faster than we had believed. Should that be the case, at the appropriate time the government has the authority to lower the charge.