2022 Successes

• Held CRA sessions on C-2 support programs for Coalition members to have questions answered
• Submitted a comprehensive pre-budget submission to the federal government with industry input and support positioning key advocacy recommendations into three priority areas: Financial Supports; Branding and Barriers and the Labour Shortage LINK 
• Successfully advocated for testing requirements to be updated to include the option of antigen pre-arrival test for fully vaccinated travellers o Held an industry-wide briefing with Public Health Agency of Canada
• Hosted a successful Hill Week from February 15-17, 2022 with over 50 meetings
• Restart of the cruise in Canadian waters – much work and advocacy done by the TIAC Cruise Committee
• Significant work undertaken with Tourism HR Canada and government partners to begin addressing the tourism labour challenge
• Successfully advocated for testing requirements to be updated to remove the requirement for pre-travel testing, and move mandatory random testing offsite
• Submitted a comprehensive submission to the federal government with input from national counterparts and members across the country, in advance of the new Federal Tourism Growth Strategy LINK