Madam Speaker, that $24 security tax should not be there at all. Canadians should not have to pay for their security. The tax should not be there. It should come out of general revenue. There is a $7 billion to $10 billion surplus in the budget and that much more will be grabbed from Canadians.
The member is quite right. The security is not there. I fly out of the airport in Thompson. If I take a certain air carrier, there is no security. I pay the charge. When I get to Winnipeg and change carriers, I have to pay again. The security is no different.
I mentioned about flipping through Bible pages, flipping through folders and checking an eye shadow compact. All those things happened to me. Did I feel any more secure? I felt darned worried. That is what it has resorted to. Am I supposed to feel secure? I do not think so.