Registration - In-house Organization

Association of Canadian Travel Agencies / association canadienne des agences de voyages / Wendy Paradis, President

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Association of Canadian Travel Agencies / association canadienne des agences de voyages
Previous in-house organization names
Responsible Officer Name: Wendy Paradis, President
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2006-01-19
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 946130-6003

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 86

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 20 of 28 (2020-02-17 to 2020-06-04)

Registration versions:

Version 20 of 28 (2020-02-17 to 2020-06-04)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Consumer Issues
International Relations
National Security/Security
Privacy and Access to Information
Taxation and Finance
Tourism
Transportation

Subject matters added through a monthly communication report

Small Business

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Security - Consumer Protection Act: the expansion of consumer protection for travellers from the current regulated provinces of B.C., Ontario and Quebec, to non-regulated provinces and territories

Policies or Program

International Relations - Visas and passport requirements: pertaining to the cost of visas to enter various countries (Turkey where Canadians are charged more than any other nationality) and the advent of ePassports for Canadians.
Transportation - National Airports Policy: especially in regard to the intent of the government 'to replace the present transportation regime with an integrated and affordable national system that emphasizes safety, reliability and efficiency and that builds strong, viable companies in all modes,' and the cost to the travelling public of this policy.

Regulation

Consumer Issue: Travellers Bill of Rights- legislation providing certain inalienable rights to passengers on airlines and other modes of transportation assuring their security, comfort, access to information and fair pricing.
Taxation and Finance - Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST) and changes in the Place of Supply rules as they apply to transportation and tourism.

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)
Transport Canada (TC)

Government institutions added through a monthly communication report

Export Development Canada (EDC)
House of Commons
Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

Trade Association for Canadian Travel Agencies: ACTA encourages travel agencies and agents to act at all times in a professional manner and to protect the interests of consumers. ACTA members agree to abide by our Code of Ethics and our Standards. ACTA promotes travel agents as experts in arranging leisure travel and business travel. ACTA speaks out for members against actions and decisions that can harm Canadians’ freedom to travel in comfort and safety and in favour of actions and decisions that help our industry to grow and our consumers to get the optimum of enjoyment and efficiency from their travels. ACTA is willing and able to work closely with government bodies, sister associations and other organizations who recognize the benefits and the contributions to travel and tourism and to society at large of travel agencies and the agents who work in them for their clients in Canada’s consumer and corporate marketplaces.

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Wendy Paradis, President

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Travel Agencies and Travel Industry Suppliers: The Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA) is a large organization in Canada’s travel industry, speaking on behalf of more than 1,200 travel agencies and about 14,000 travel agents who are members of the association. In addition, hundreds of industry members such as hotels, rent-a-car companies and other providers join ACTA as Allied Members. We also partner with corporate leaders such as which supply travellers with vital products. ACTA also represents over 1,200 certified travel professionals holding the Certified Travel Counsellor (CTC) and Certified Travel Manager (CTM) designations. About 55 percent of all travel agents hold ACTA membership. About 80 percent of our members are in the provinces of British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec but we have members in all provinces and territories including full time employees and the approximately 30 percent of travel agents who work part time.

Government funding

End date of the last completed financial year: 2019-12-31

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Service Canada (ServCan)	$12,005.48	Yes

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
2560 Matheson Blvd. East
Suite 226
Mississauga, ON L4W 4Y9
Canada

Telephone number: 905-282-9294 Ext. 121

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Heather Craig-Peddie, Vice President | No public offices held
Wendy Paradis, President | No public offices held

Association of Canadian Travel Agencies/association canadienne des agences de voyages

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008
Name	From	To
Association of Canadian Travel Agencies/association canadienne des agences de voyages	2010-08-04	2023-07-16

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA)/Association canadienne des agences de voyages

Association of Canadian Travel Agencies / association canadienne des agences de voyages

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Wendy Paradis	2020-02-17	2023-07-16
Heather Craig-Peddie	2016-01-15	2020-02-17
David McCaig	2010-08-04	2016-01-15
Christiane Théberge	2006-01-19	2007-07-26

Date Modified:: 2025-03-12

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Registration - In-house Organization

Association of Canadian Travel Agencies / association canadienne des agences de voyages / Wendy Paradis, President

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 20 of 28 (2020-02-17 to 2020-06-04)

Version 20 of 28 (2020-02-17 to 2020-06-04)

Subject Matters

Subject matters added through a monthly communication report

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Policies or Program

Regulation

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Government institutions added through a monthly communication report

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization