June 21, 2021, Toronto Star — New travel rules will make it easier to go abroad this summer — but businesses say it could devastate Canada’s tourism sector
https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/06/21/new-travel-rules-make-it-easier-to-vacation-in-other-countries-this-summer-but-businesses-say-that-could-devastate-canadas-tourism-sector.html For the past few weeks, Frank Daoust had been looking forward to welcoming American tourists back to his fishing lodge some time this summer to reel in pickerel, pike and bass. Now, he’s unsure if it will happen at all. “I had a guy on the line this morning who was deciding between us […]
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June 21, 2021, CBC Calgary News at 6 – Airline industry wants a plan – Interview with Mike McNaney
Click here for the interview (at 2:24)
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June 21, 2021, Pax News – NACC notes quarantine changes, but Canada “desperately” needs a restart plan
https://news.paxeditions.com/news/airline/nacc-notes-quarantine-changes-canada-desperately-needs-restart-plan The National Airlines Council of Canada (NACC), which represents Air Canada, Air Transat, Jazz Aviationand WestJet, has noted the announcement by the federal government that, on July 5th at 11:59 pm EDT, fully vaccinated Canadians and permanent residents will be exempt from hotel quarantine and mandatory 14-day quarantine. But it’s repeating its plea that Canada “desperately […]
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June 21, 2021, Global News – New COVID-19 border rules don’t provide enough clarity, travel industry says
https://globalnews.ca/news/7969290/covid-border-rules-clarity/ WATCH: Travel restrictions may be easing for fully-vaccinated Canadians, but obstacles remain in place for other travelers itching to fly and for those hoping to reunite with family members across the border. As Robin Gill explains, some Canadian families have a hard time understanding the logic of Ottawa’s pandemic measures. The travel industry says […]
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June 21, 2021, Canadian Travel News – Critics Blast Trudeau Govt. For Limited Border Rule Changes
https://canadiantravelnews.ca/2021/06/21/critics-blast-trudeau-government-for-limited-border-rule-changes/ The tourism industry found little to cheer about in Monday’s announcement about changes to the U.S.-Canada border. “(Last) Friday’s border closure extension was a gut punch and today’s announcement is a further disappointment to tourism workers and tourism businesses that will now likely lose the summer as tourism remains closed and government supports will […]
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June 21, 2021, Travel Press – No More Bits And Pieces – Industry Needs Comprehensive Border Reopening Plan: NACC
https://www.travelpress.com/bits-and-pieces/#.YNEArehKirZ A step in the right direction, but still ‘far short’ of the recommendations of Health Canada’s Expert Advisory Panel report that was released at the end of May. That’s the message from the National Airlines Council of Canada. In taking note of the federal government’s announcement that as of July 5, fully vaccinated Canadians […]
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June 17, 2021, Calgary Herald − Varcoe: Federal plan for resuming full travel remains on the runway
Alberta is set to remove public health restrictions on businesses next month due to rising vaccination levels, yet air travel and tourism are stuck in neutral https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/varcoe-federal-plan-for-resuming-full-travel-remains-on-the-runway WestJet announced more plans this week to expand its international flights, connecting Calgary directly to Amsterdam, beginning in August. The twice-weekly flights on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft […]
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June 14, 2021, Financial Post − Trudeau Urged to Drop Border Ambiguity and Salvage Summer Travel
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/trudeau-urged-to-drop-border-ambiguity-and-salvage-summer-travel (Bloomberg) — Tourism businesses pushed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to relax stringent Canadian border rules in time to salvage the summer travel season, calling for a nationwide plan to reopen the country as the Covid-19 pandemic eases. The Tourism Industry Association of Canada, the National Airlines Council of Canada and other business groups lambasted […]
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June 10, 2021, Open Jaw − Travel Reacts To Lifting Of Quarantine For Vaxxed Canadians
https://openjaw.com/newsroom/other-news/2021/06/10/travel-reacts-to-lifting-of-quarantine-for-vaxxed-canadians/ It’s possible every eye in the travel industry Wednesday was on the federal government’s news conference, where we learned that Ottawa would – as had been hinted – permit fully-vaccinated Canadians to enter Canada without having to go into hotel quarantine as the first phase of a long-awaited easing of travel restrictions. On the […]
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June 10, 2021, Travelweek − “They have started to lay out a plan, and we needed this”: Industry reacts to eased quarantine restrictions
https://www.travelweek.ca/news/they-have-started-to-lay-out-a-plan-and-we-needed-this-industry-reacts-to-eased-quarantine-restrictions/ TORONTO — The light at the end of the tunnel got a little brighter yesterday with the federal government’s announcement that fully vaccinated returning Canadians and permanent residents, along with other exempt categories of travellers entering Canada, are no longer subject to the 3-day mandatory quarantine, or the 14-day quarantine, potentially starting in early July. The key […]
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June 9, 2021, Toronto Star − Travel agencies welcome move to end quarantines for fully vaccinated travellers
https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/06/09/travel-agencies-welcome-move-to-end-quarantines-for-fully-vaccinated-travellers.html Travel agencies say the Canadian government’s plan to end quarantine hotel stays for some returning travellers is a big step for the travel industry, but air industry associations say more changes are necessary for a full rebound to take shape. Starting in early July, the federal government said citizens and permanent residents returning from […]
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June 9, 2021, CBC News: The World at Six with Susan Bonner
Mike McNaney radio interview on border reopening plans https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-8-cbc-news-the-world-at-six
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