12-Month Lobbying Summary - Consultant

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Subject matters	Details	Categories
Budget, Economic Development, Taxation and Finance, Tourism	A Tax Incentive Program as it pertains to inbound leisure travel to Canada. This program provides GST relief to volume leisure tour groups and meetings and conventions being held in Canada.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Economic Development, Tourism	Advocating for the implementation of a Canadian Travel Incentive Program to encourage domestic travel recovery.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Economic Development, Immigration, Tourism	Employment/Immigration – TIAC advocates for a permanent-residency path as a part of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and an industry focused Municipal Nominee Program Immigration - Modernizing Canada's visitor visa process in order to meet international demand for travel to Canada. These initiatives include reinvestment of visa processing fees into increased capacity, expanding transfer without visa, augmenting the Visa Application Centre ("VAC") network into new priority source markets and utilizing electronic travel authority as an alternative visa stream for lower-risk countries Transportation – TIAC advocates for the reduction and elimination of fees related to air travel including airport rents and CATSA fees paid for by travellers	Policies or Program
Budget, Economic Development, Tourism	Federal Tourism Strategy – supports government initiatives toward industry growth TIAC is seeking a well-funded and balanced national tourism marketing agency and will continue to work with the government to ensure that Canada's marketing efforts in mature and emerging markets are adequately funded, including co-investments with industry, and that campaigns are aligned with industry priorities.	Policies or Program
Economic Development, Foreign Affairs, Immigration, Tourism	Modernizing Canada's visitor visa process in order to meet international demand for travel to Canada. These initiatives include reinvestment of visa processing fees into increased capacity, expanding transfer without visa, augmenting the Visa Application Centre ("VAC") network into new priority source markets and utilizing electronic travel authority as an alternative visa stream for lower-risk countries.	Policies or Program
Climate, Fisheries, Tourism	Regulations and policies in regards to marine mammals and waterways Regulations and policies in regards to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program	Policies or Program
Budget, Economic Development, Employment and Training, Tourism	Seeking changes on EI reform and other policy and support measures during the pandemic. Ensuring access to financial impact measures for its members.	Policies or Program
Economic Development, Immigration, Tourism	TIAC advocates for a permanent-residency path as a part of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and an industry focused Municipal Nominee Program Immigration	Policies or Program
Economic Development, Tourism, Transportation	TIAC advocates for the reduction and elimination of fees related to air travel including airport rents and CATSA fees paid for by travellers	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Budget, Economic Development, Taxation and Finance, Tourism, Transportation	TIAC will work to improve Canada's competitiveness of Canada's aviation sector and the important role it serves in economic development and job creation. TIAC supports efforts to expand the number and scope of Canada's air liberalization agreements however Canada's ability to attract international business and leisure travellers is impeded, in part, by the layers of taxes, fees and levies imposed on the traveling public. TIAC is working to reform Canada's aviation cost structure.	Regulation

• Subject matter details in previous versions

  Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

  Subject matters	Details	Categories
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	A Tax Incentive Program as it pertains to inbound leisure travel to Canada. This program provides GST relief to volume leisure tour groups and meetings and conventions being held in Canada.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Advocating for the implementation of a Canadian Travel Incentive Program to encourage domestic travel recovery.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Employment/Immigration – TIAC advocates for a permanent-residency path as a part of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and an industry focused Municipal Nominee Program Immigration - Modernizing Canada's visitor visa process in order to meet international demand for travel to Canada. These initiatives include reinvestment of visa processing fees into increased capacity, expanding transfer without visa, augmenting the Visa Application Centre ("VAC") network into new priority source markets and utilizing electronic travel authority as an alternative visa stream for lower-risk countries Transportation – TIAC advocates for the reduction and elimination of fees related to air travel including airport rents and CATSA fees paid for by travellers	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Expansion of the RRRF funding program for tourism businesses. Monitoring developments and assessing impacts on members.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Federal Tourism Strategy – supports government initiatives toward industry growth TIAC is seeking a well-funded and balanced national tourism marketing agency and will continue to work with the government to ensure that Canada's marketing efforts in mature and emerging markets are adequately funded, including co-investments with industry, and that campaigns are aligned with industry priorities.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Modernizing Canada's visitor visa process in order to meet international demand for travel to Canada. These initiatives include reinvestment of visa processing fees into increased capacity, expanding transfer without visa, augmenting the Visa Application Centre ("VAC") network into new priority source markets and utilizing electronic travel authority as an alternative visa stream for lower-risk countries.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Regulations and policies in regards to marine mammals and waterways Regulations and policies in regards to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Seeking changes on EI reform and other policy and support measures during the pandemic. Ensuring access to financial impact measures for its members.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	TIAC advocates for a permanent-residency path as a part of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and an industry focused Municipal Nominee Program Immigration	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	TIAC advocates for the reduction and elimination of fees related to air travel including airport rents and CATSA fees paid for by travellers	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	TIAC will work to improve Canada's competitiveness of Canada's aviation sector and the important role it serves in economic development and job creation. TIAC supports efforts to expand the number and scope of Canada's air liberalization agreements however Canada's ability to attract international business and leisure travellers is impeded, in part, by the layers of taxes, fees and levies imposed on the traveling public. TIAC is working to reform Canada's aviation cost structure.	Regulation

  Subject matters in previous versions

  • Tourism

  Subject matters added through a communication report:

  • Budget
  • Economic Development
  • Immigration
  • Tourism

Government Institutions

• Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
• Bank of Canada
• CUSMA Secretariat
• Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
• Canada Council for the Arts
• Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
• Canada Infrastructure Bank
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
• Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA)
• Canadian Heritage (PCH)
• Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)
• Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC)
• Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
• Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
• Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
• Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
• Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
• Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)
• Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Public Safety Canada (PS)
• Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
• Senate of Canada
• Statistics Canada (StatCan)
• Transport Canada (TC)

Communication techniques

Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:

• Grass-roots communication
• Oral communication
• Written communication
• Arrange one or more meetings

John O'Leary, Consultant (Business address and contact information)

Designated public offices held