Mr. Speaker, first let me compliment the member for his openness to receiving these suggestions. It is a good attitude for government members to have. I appreciate it.
To clarify, in fact the customs service was provided in totality before. Following February 22, this charge of $30,000 per quarter will be extra. As the member would know, I am sure, that is quite a burden on an airport of this magnitude.
The x-ray machine was not there before. That was not a service that was removed. The airport authority, the airport management and those of us who as travellers use that airport are asking that one be put in place. Beforehand the argument was that if an airport had a certain amount of passenger traffic per annum it would qualify for one of these electronic machines. Air traffic through the Penticton airport continues to grow and we feel the costs are now being provided through this added security fee, which is now imposed on all travellers. We feel that the costs could be taken from it. I thank the member from the transport committee for being willing to look at that.