ACTA Member Alerts
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Federal government lifts vaccine mandates for air and rail travel | June 14, 2022
Today, the Government of Canada announced that the vaccine requirement for domestic air and rail travel will be lifted effective 12:01AM ET on Monday, June 20.This means all travellers can travel by … more
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ACTA calls on federal government to urgently address airport and passport delays | May 11, 2022
As has been reported nationally, travellers are experiencing significant delays at airport security and customs & immigration check points-- and Canadians renewing passports in-person are … more
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The Canada Recovery Hiring Program may provide wage support for agencies | April 27, 2022
Agencies can apply retroactively but program expires May 7Some travel agencies may have overlooked the federal Canada Recovery Hiring Program (CRHP) which supports businesses experiencing sufficient … more
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Canada's border measures are easing April 25 | April 22, 2022
There are upcoming changes to Canada’s border measures effective April 25:
Unvaccinated children 5 – 11 accompanied by a fully vaccinated parent or guardian are exempt from pre-departure testing … more
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FAQ: Budget 2022 and financial subsidies | April 21, 2022
ACTA has received some comments from members expressing disappointment about the end of federal financial subsidies for travel agencies, travel agents and independent travel agents (ITA).ACTA is also … more
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ACTA launches new advocacy campaign for independent travel agents | March 17, 2022
Need ITAs to share their storiesIndependent travel agents have been without direct financial support since the end of the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) in October-- despite being among the hardest- … more
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ACTA addresses acute shortage of travel agents impacting the industry; launches updated version of Travel Agent Essentials course | March 15, 2022
Now that government restrictions have started to slowly ease in Canada and Canadians are looking to travel again, many ACTA travel agency members say they are already experiencing labour shortages. … more
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ACTA launches www.savetravel.ca for wage and rent support | March 7, 2022
The Tourism and Hospitality Recovery Program rent and wage subsidies are scheduled to decline in half on March 13, 2022 and end entirely May 7, 2022. The fifth wave of Omicron has devastated Canada’s … more
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ACTA’s advocacy with Quebec government is successful, OPC permit waiver will be extended to February 2023 | February 25, 2022
ACTA’s extensive advocacy with the Quebec provincial government has finally paid off with the announcement this week that Quebec will waive the OPC permit from Feb 2022 until February 2023.ACTA has … more
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ACTA welcomes change in pre-departure tests, arrival tests, travel advisory to Level 2 and other changes, but says more is needed | February 15, 2022
Following over a year of advocacy by ACTA and the Canadian Travel and Tourism Roundtable, the Government of Canada announced Feb. 15th that the pre-departure molecular (PCR) testing requirement for … more