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Tourism Industry Association of Canada/L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada / John O'Leary, Consultant

Registration Summary

Active - Last Updated: 2023-07-15

Who is lobbying?

Tourism Industry Association of Canada/L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada (Address & client representative)

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Business Relationships

Tourism Industry Association of Canada/L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.
Tourism Industry Association of Canada/L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada is not a coalition.

Beneficiaries of the Lobbying Activity

The activities of Tourism Industry Association of Canada/L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada are not controlled or directed by another individual, organization or corporation with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.
Tourism Industry Association of Canada/L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada does not have any subsidiaries that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the undertaking

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matters

Tourism

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

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.
Advocating for the implementation of a Canadian Travel Incentive Program to encourage domestic travel recovery.
Expansion of the RRRF funding program for tourism businesses. Monitoring developments and assessing impacts on members.
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

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
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.
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.
Regulations and policies in regards to marine mammals and waterways Regulations and policies in regards to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Seeking changes on EI reform and other policy and support measures during the pandemic. Ensuring access to financial impact measures for its members.
TIAC advocates for a permanent-residency path as a part of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and an industry focused Municipal Nominee Program Immigration

Regulation

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.

Who is being lobbied?

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

Who is the lobbyist?

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

Designated public offices held

Consulting Firm

Crestview Strategy (Address & contact information)

Registration number: 953006-374651
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Monthly Communication Reports

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?

No monthly communications reports have been submitted for the last 12 months.

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List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Director of Communications Privy Council Office, Office of the Minister of Democratic Institutions	October 2016 to September 2017	September 20, 2017
Director of Communications Employment and Social Development Canada, Office of the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour	January 2016 to October 2016	October 16, 2016

Date Modified:: 2024-04-04

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12-Month Lobbying Summary - Consultant

Tourism Industry Association of Canada/L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada / John O'Leary, Consultant

Who is lobbying?

Tourism Industry Association of Canada/L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada (Address & client representative)

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Business Relationships

Beneficiaries of the Lobbying Activity

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Policies or Program

Regulation

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Communication techniques

Who is the lobbyist?

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

Consulting Firm

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?

12-Month Lobbying Summary - Consultant

Tourism Industry Association of Canada/L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada / John O'Leary, Consultant

Tourism Industry Association of Canada/L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada (Address & client representative)

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Business Relationships

Beneficiaries of the Lobbying Activity

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Policies or Program

Regulation

Government Institutions

Communication techniques

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

Consulting Firm

Tourism Industry Association of Canada / L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada - Address & Client Representative

Crestview Strategy / Crestview Strategy