Mr. Speaker, I would like someone serious in the government to answer a question as serious as this.
The International Air Transport Association, the IATA, has also just criticized the introduction of such a tax, saying that Canada is the only country in the world to try to offset all the costs of airline security through a tax.
My question for someone serious is this: will the government see the light, abandon this new tax and use its huge budgetary surplus from this year and the next four to pay for increased security?