Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year
No
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
Aboriginal Affairs
Arts and Culture
Consumer Issues
Employment and Training
Environment
Fisheries
Immigration
Industry
Infrastructure
International Relations
Labour
Small Business
Sports
Taxation and Finance
Tourism
Transportation
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: