Mr. Speaker, on May 10 the U.S. congress rejected a plan to double the U.S. security fees at airports. On May 14 the European parliament passed legislation to have security costs come from general revenues and not from airports or air travellers.
Canada's air security tax is the highest in the world and threatens our $54 billion tourism industry. Summer tourists are crucial to that industry. Is the new minister accepting responsibility for the losses to tourism or will he end this harmful tax immediately?