Industry committee  Thank you for asking the question.

Industry committee  Every country has its own policy, so we could spend hours talking about that. What we have seen since the pandemic is a great deal of international...countries putting measures in place—funding, grants and incentives—to encourage people to travel. In fact, we're filing a tax cred

Industry committee  The individual businesses would have to apply for funding once it's announced, and that did happen. I just heard—in fact, a couple of days ago—that in B.C., for example, there were 42 applications that went to Western Economic Diversification and they were all denied. So it wasn'

Industry committee  I think it's used in certain areas, but it's certainly not at the top of our priority in terms of things that need to be [Technical difficulty-Editor].

Industry committee  Essentially, I'm hearing absolutely the same thing.

Industry committee  Thank you for asking that question. It is an issue we have been raising with the minister and with government. It was very uneven. I think what happened is that the RRRF program was rolled out but not on a national [Technical difficulty—Editor]. The regional development agencie

Industry committee  Got it.

Industry committee  We have not done surveys specifically on consumer sentiment, because we've been focused on trying to save our industry. Our surveys are focused on trying to figure out where the industry is at. I do know that a number of organizations, like Destination Canada or other pollsters,

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Richards. In terms of what's different about tourism, first, tourism is found in every single region in Canada. I don't know of many industries that people could actually say are present from coast to coast to coast. We are in every single riding. We also have man

Industry committee  We could certainly use tax credits or grants to help those who need to spend on putting health measures in place. Of course, this is very costly, and hotels, conference centres, attractions, all businesses, airports and airlines have been spending millions of dollars making their

Industry committee  I would say the same: maybe, but unlikely.

Industry committee  Liquidity is the biggest issue that we are grappling with right now. If you put 10 things in front of me and said, “but I can fix the BCAP or liquidity”, I would say please fix that, because that is what we're hearing from everybody. As I mentioned, in the survey we did in July

Industry committee  Oh, I'm sorry.

Industry committee  It would be hard for me to say to you that they haven't all been hit very hard. If you look at air services, they're down at single digits. Porter Airlines is not going to reopen until October; they've moved that date. Airports are struggling significantly. Susie has covered th

Industry committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee. I’m pleased to be here. Despite some businesses reopening during the summer season and talk of recovery, Canada’s tourism sector has remained stagnant since the onset of the pandemic. This sector was the first hit, the hardes