Advocacy
As the Voice of Tourism for British Columbia’s 19,300 businesses and 300,000+ employees, we present our list of advocacy activities on our efforts to date with the caveat that our job is far from over.
July 2022
AdvocacyLetter of Support for the New BC Trail Fund
On behalf of the Tourism Industry Association of British Columbia, I am writing in support of the Outdoor Recreation Council of Br...
July 2022
AdvocacyTIABC Urges City of Vancouver to Advance Indigenous-led 2030 Olympic Bid
On behalf of the Tourism Industry Association of British Columbia (TIABC), I am writing to urge Council to direct staff to advance...
May 2022
AdvocacyLetter to BC Parks RE: Canadian Mountain Holidays
As the voice of tourism for the province, the Tourism Industry Association of British Columbia (TIABC) advocates for the best inte...
May 2022
AdvocacyLetter to MLA Kevin Falcon
On behalf of the Tourism Industry Association of British Columbia (TIABC), congratulations on your election as MLA for Vancouver-Q...
March 2022
AdvocacyInvitation to Attend Rendez-vous Canada
I am writing to you in your role as Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture & Sport, as well as co-chair of the Canadian Council of Tou...
March 2022
AdvocacyBCHA’s BC Hotel Services Sectoral Workforce Solution Skills Training Project
TIABC is a non-profit organization that advocates for the interests of British Columbia’s $22.3 billion visitor economy (normali...
March 2022
AdvocacyLetter of Support for the Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society
Tourism Industry Association of BC (TIABC) is pleased to provide this letter in support of Progressive Intercultural Community Ser...
February 2022
AdvocacyLetter to Minister Mark Re: Sport
It was good to see you in Victoria on Budget Day. I’m glad we had a chance to connect, albeit briefly at the Helijet terminal. Y...
February 2022
AdvocacySupport Letter for the Continuing Education and Training Association of British Columbia (CETABC)
The Tourism Industry Association of BC (TIABC) is a province-wide advocacy organization that represents the more than 19,000 busin...
February 2022
AdvocacyLetter to Premier John Horgan
Today’s news about various restrictions being lifted was both welcome and deeply appreciated by the entire tourism and hospitali...
January 2022
AdvocacyLetter to Mayor & Council re- Tradex
Since the city announced a formal process to seek other options for the management and utilization of Tradex last March, Abbotsfor...
July 2021
AdvocacyLetter from PTTIA (includes TIABC), Supporting Cruise & Motor Coach Industry
We are calling on the Government of Canada to take immediate action to signal the safe restart of Canada’s multi-billion-dollar ...