Canadian COVID-19 Update | Wednesday, June 24
June 24, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
TIAC’s Advocacy Update Today, the TIAC-led industry policy committee met to share how businesses in our sector are adapting to regional re-openings, and the work done so far to promote the industry recovery plan Statistics Canada’s international visitation numbers for April have been released showing a steep decline in international arrivals by 98.3% year over […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
June 24, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities S. 3985, the JUSTICE Act, failed a procedural vote today by a tally of 55-45, complicating the prospects for police reform this Congress. As expected, all Senate Democrats, except Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL), Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Angus King (I-ME), voted against allowing the legislation to proceed. All Republicans voted […]
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COVID-19 Update | Tuesday, June 23
June 23, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities It currently appears as if Senate Democrats will block the vote on the motion to proceed to Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-SC) police reform bill. However, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that the Democrats would allow the Senate to proceed to the bill if an agreement on amendments can be reached. […]
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COVID-19 Update | Monday, June 22 (PM)
June 22, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities The first procedural vote on Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-SC) policing bill will occur on Wednesday morning. The Democrats have not announced whether or not they will support allowing the bill to be debated and the Republicans have not indicated if they will allow amendments. The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, […]
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Canadian COVID-19 Update | June 18 – 22
June 22, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
TIAC’s Advocacy Update Tomorrow, the Honourable Melanie Joly will announce financial assistance to support the tourism sector in its recovery efforts at 1:30pm More information can be found here TIAC will keep the industry apprised of developments Building off our June 5th national press conference on TIAC’s Recovery Plan, this week we will be bringing more […]
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COVID-19 Update| Monday, June 22 (AM)
June 22, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities The Senate will vote on whether to proceed to S. 3985, Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-SC) JUSTICE Act on police reform this week. Democrats and Republicans in both chambers are currently working to build bipartisan support for their respective proposals. In the Senate, Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) signaled that he will agree to […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | FRIDAY, JUNE 19
June 19, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced S. 3992, a bill to expand eligibility for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to certain chambers of commerce and destination marketing organizations (DMOs). The bill’s provisions generally match H.R. 6697, the Local Chamber, Tourism, and 501(c)(6) Protection Act of 2020, […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | THURSDAY, JUNE 18
June 18, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities Senate Democrats have not announced their position on Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-SC) JUSTICE Act. While the Democrats have criticized the bill for not going far enough, it is a clear priority for Democrats to act on justice reform legislation. It remains unclear what Democrats will agree to procedurally or otherwise between now […]
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CANADIAN COVID-19 UPDATE | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17
June 17, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
TIAC’s Advocacy Update The TIAC President & CEO held a meeting yesterday with ISED Associate Deputy Minister Paul Thompson The President continues to emphasize TIAC’s latest #TourismCounts campaign with a push for a more cohesive recovery and economic reopening plan. This Sunday, June 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day – a day for all Canadians […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17
June 17, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities The Senate passed H.R. 1957, the Great American Outdoors Act, by way of a 73-25 vote. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that the Senate will consider Senate Republicans’ police reform legislation, the JUSTICE Act led by Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), next week. At a high level, the JUSTICE Act would […]
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