Mr. Speaker, at Vancouver's south terminal, Esso Avitat airports and Edmonton city centre airport and dozens of facilities similar to them across the country there is no pre-screening of either passengers or bags. There was no pre-screening in place prior to September 11 and there are no plans to have pre-screening after September 11. Yet these airports, where they are receiving no service, are paying the $24 air security tax.
This is clearly a case of taxation without service representation. How could the government justify taxing Canadian citizens for services they will not receive and a tax that very well may destroy the existence of these airports?