ACTA is very pleased that our industry lobbying efforts continue to see results. As the saying goes “it takes a village” and we are very grateful to all the of the Travel Agents and Travel Agency … more

Unlike any other event in history, the COVID-19 crisis has had a significant and unprecedented financial impact on the Canadian and global Travel Industry. Along with ACTA’s government lobbying … more

All indications are that the CERB program, which is set to expire in the fall (August 29, 2020 for those that applied mid-March), will switch to the Employment Insurance (EI) program.With legislation … more

Last week the federal government provided a Fiscal Snapshot and projections on the deficit for the end of the year. The report highlighted two financial relief programs that have been a lifeline to … more

Since the last ACTA Member COVID-19 Portal Update, ACTA has actively lobbied for change to a number of federal and provincial financial aid relief programs:

Canada Emergency Relief Benefit (CERB) - … more

ACTA is calling on the Canadian government to extend the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) for the travel industry, Travel Agencies and Travel Agents to counter the continuation of government … more

ACTA has joined a number of tourism, travel, hospitality, transportation and business organizations and leaders to form the Canadian Tourism Roundtable – a coalition that wants to see safe, … more

ACTA has just completed a survey of members in order to gather information on travel agency access to the current government financial aid programs.  ACTA was aware that some members have not been … more