On October 27, 2009 the Ottawa Citizen ran a story which said the federal agency for airport security felt they were inadequately funded by the government and may be unable to respond to new threats. Currently the Air Travelers’ Security Change, which is a fee passengers pay as they take air flights is supposed to support the CATSA agency’s cost 100%. The debate now is whether airport screening should be paid for by all taxpayers for public safety or if passenger fees should be increased.
In my opinion security of our airports is a concern for all citizens and not simply travelers and therefore should be funded by all taxpayers. This is an example of money matters and funding issues in one country can also have global political implications. Keep in mind if our airport security cannot keep track of emerging threats through investments in entrance screening a bomb loaded or tampered aircraft could land or impact another nation and citizens of any country.
All countries have a role to play in fighting terrorist threats and money matters need to be addressed reasonably with the security of all in mind.
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