Registry of Lobbyists
Tourism Industry Association of Canada / L’Association de l’industrie touristique du Canada
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Tourism, Transportation
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Advocating for the implementation of a Canadian Travel Incentive Program to encourage domestic travel recovery.
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Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
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Taxation and Finance, Tourism
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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.
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Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
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Employment and Training, Immigration, Transportation
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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
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Policies or Program
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Tourism
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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.
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Policies or Program
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Immigration
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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.
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Policies or Program
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Transportation
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TIAC advocates for the reduction and elimination of fees related to air travel including airport rents and Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) fees paid for by travellers
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Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
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Economic Development, Taxation and Finance, Transportation
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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.
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Regulation
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