Registry of Lobbyists
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Housing
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Affordable Housing Supports - as an industry, tourism is disproportionately disadvantaged to other sectors of the economy given a high housing price to income ration and therefore requires purpose-built policies and incentives to ensure the sector's future success.
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Environment
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Canadian Wildfire Preparedness and Response Strategy - TIAA advocates for the establishment of a National WIldfire Task Force that aims to create a non-military forest prevention and firefighting force. TIAA also advocates for the design and funding of a program that provides predictable and scalable financial supports to individuals, businesses and communities impacted by the effects of wildfire
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Tourism
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Discussions regarding the state of Canada's (and Alberta's) visitor economy amidst growing inflationary, interest rate and supply chain pressure
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Tourism
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Sustainable Tourism within Canada's National Park System - TIAA's interests relate to sustainable investment within national parks, support of Indigenous tourism development, policy and strategic alignment between the ministries of ISED and ECCC in support of the aims of national parks to protect and present these places to Canadians.
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Tourism
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TIAA aims to see improvements to the visa application process, ensuring that the Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) is available to low-risk countries.
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Taxation and Finance
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TIAA desires to see Canada's tourism industry become a zero-rated export product by removing the GST on tourism products sold outside Canada to global tourists.
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Transportation
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TIAA desires to see the cost of air travel become more competitive relative to other global markets by reducing fees, levies and taxes on air travel.
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Transportation
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TIAA is interested in any changes to transportation policy or regulation that positively/negatively impact Canada's ability to compete on an international level for visitors.
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Small Business
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TIAA is interested in any proposed changes to policy that positively/negatively impact the ability of small-to-medium-sized tourism enterprises to compete for tourists on a regional/international scale.
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Immigration
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TIAA is interested in ensuring that any proposed changes to labour and immigration policy support the unique needs of the tourism industry, by sector, by region and, by season.
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Tourism
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TIAA is interested in the working with the Government of Canada to advance its federal tourism goals, as articulated in the Canada 365: Welcoming the World. Every Day. The Federal Tourism Growth Strategy
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End date of the last completed financial year: 2024-12-31
| Government Institution | Funding Received in Last Financial Year | Funding Expected in Current Financial Year |
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| Travel Alberta Corporation | $485,000.00 | Yes |
Address:
Box 142 Calgary Stn Central
Calgary, AB T2P 2H6
Canada
Telephone number:
403-609-2722
Brett Ireland, TIAA Board Chair
Tourism Industry Association of Alberta (TIAA) is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.
Tourism Industry Association of Alberta (TIAA) is not a coalition.
The activities of Tourism Industry Association of Alberta (TIAA) 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 Alberta (TIAA) does not have any subsidiaries that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the undertaking
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