TIAC President and CEO, Beth Potter, met with the new Associate Deputy Minister at ISED, Francis Bilodeau, to brief him on our key priorities – financial support, labour and border access. We are eager to work with Mr. Bilodeau moving forward on the industry’s recovery.
TIAC met with MP Pam Damoff to discuss our position regarding on-arrival testing and restrictions, and the importance of ensuring our border requirements are in line with global counterparts.
TIAC also met with Kelly Power, Director General with the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) to discuss how the Tourism Relief Fund is going. As noted above, we would greatly appreciate you taking a few minutes to tell us how your experience has been as we continue tour advocacy on this front. Please find our survey here.
TIAC also met with the policy team in Minister Duclos office to discuss the issue of on arrival testing and quarantine wait times for international visitors, particularly in the west regarding ski vacations at this time.
We continue our regular touch base with department officials at Industry, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) where we brief contacts on the major issues the industry is facing and what we need to do to move to recovery.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Madison Simmons, Director of Government Affairs, at msimmons@tiac-aitc.ca .