It's official- "safety tax" just a cash grab
<a href="http://www.canoe.ca/Canoe/canoecnews.html" target="_blank">Air safety tax grab</a>. . </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">OTTAWA -- The federal government's latest airline ticket tax -- intended to pay for increased airport security -- will gouge Canadian travellers for up to $1 billion more than the cost of all of the planned safety measures combined, internal finance department figures indicate.. .. .The new tax comes into effect on April 1 and will add $24 to the cost of a round-trip domestic or international flight, and $12 to a U.S. trip.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">