Lobbying Activity Report

2916-10662

Organization: Tourism Industry Association of British Columbia
Associated registration: 1605-2916-9
Lobbying Activity date: 2021-04-09
Arranged a meeting: No
Posted date: 2021-07-08

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: Walt Judas
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: Neilane Mayhew, Deputy Minister
Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
Briefing on the refunds issue and information recirculated on TIABC proposal to suspend any penalties for operators unable to offer consumer refunds for cancelled trips; update provided on restart plan proposal by tourism coalition; discussion on meetings & events proposal to ease gathering restrictions for professionally produced events and status of response; information on health and safety videos produced by TIABC; request for meeting with Minister Mark to discuss various files; fyi on meeting and discussion with Tourism Prince and MLAs Shirley Bond, Mike Morris; fyi on Global Meetings Day presentation content; fyi on TIABC budget lock-up participation; request for tenure relief options for adventure tourism and commercial recreation sectors; request on the need for further grants to support tourism businesses; request on the need for dedicated personnel to support the adventure tourism sector. Footnote1
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
COVID-19 Footnote1
Discussion on status of relief measures for adventure tourism businesses (e.g. tenure fees); request for further changes to the Small & Medium-sized Business Recovery Grant to allow more tourism businesses to qualify for relief; update on the status of a proposal to set-up a dedicated adventure tourism branch within government to address adventure tourism issues; discussion on the need for the tourism industry to focus on broader recovery measures and not specifically on a tourism restart plan. Footnote1
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
COVID-19 Footnote1
 
Lobbying Activity Report amended on: 2021-07-08 previous entry: 2916-10661
Reason for amendment: Revised date and content. Included additional information discovered in notebook.
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: Walt Judas
 
The above name is that of the most senior paid officer who is responsible for filing a Lobbying Activity Report for the organization (the Designated Filer), whether that person participated in this lobbying activity or not.
 
  1. Footnote1  Indicates new information that was added through a Lobbying Activity Report.

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