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Pamela Wallin

  • Senator
  • Canadian Senators Group
  • Saskatchewan
  • Jun/13/23 4:00:00 p.m.

Hon. Pamela Wallin: I wanted to follow up, Senator Loffreda, on the ATSC, the air travellers security charge for safety and security put on passengers. It is going up by 33%. This is paid for exclusively by the flying public. You said that it would generate $1.25 billion a year. That funding is supposed to be recycled back into the system for security and upgrades, but I am told that it goes back into general government coffers for spending on a wide range of things. Do you have any further information on that? Again, it is one of these circumstances where, because it is a separate bill, we did not have time to look at it.

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