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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
April 19th, 10:00-2:00: OMCA Co-Hosts Event on Ending Human Trafficking through Local Partnerships
Join us on April 19th for this very important session! This training event is ideal for coach operators, safety managers, supervisors, and directors. A half-day summit hosted by the Ontario Office of the Attorney General, the TAT Canada Committee, the Ontario Motor Coach Association, and Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT). The event brings together key trucking, truck stop, bus, and energy industry stakeholders, with local, provincial, and federal law enforcement and government agencies to work together to close loopholes to traffickers. The training will feature a Human Trafficking 101 presentation by the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, information on training resources for trucking, truck stop, bus (charter, transit and school), energy companies, a presentation by a survivor-leader/field trainer and a law enforcement panel. The law enforcement panel will delve deeper into trends officers are seeing locally, share case studies, discuss victim-centred approaches and offer recommendations for industry partners wanting to get involved. There will be time at the end of the meeting for Q&A and discussion. This is a closed meeting. If you would like to attend, please register now.
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2022 Renewal Checks: Note our new address
With 2022 invoices now available to members in the online member portal, we would like to remind our members (and their accounting departments) that our mailing address has changed. Please update your records to ensure your payment is properly received.
OMCA's New Address:
290 North Queen St, Suite 112
Toronto, ON M9C 5L2
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Is your Tourism Reopening Profile up to date?
The world seems to be reopening all around us and restrictions are changing regularly. OMCA Suppliers are reminded to revisit their Tourism Reopening Profile to ensure that tour operators have the necessary information to plan a group tour to your establishment. Reopening does not equal recovery – we must work together to rebuild the group travel industry one booking at a time! Log in to the Tourism Reopening Portal and update your profile today.
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Ontario Transportation Expo Registration Now Open
For the first time since 2019, the Ontario Transportation Expo is finally happening. The conference will be held at the Delta Marriott Toronto Airport Hotel July 17th - 20th with the Trade Show across the street at the Toronto Congress Centre on July 19th. There have been many changes over these tumultuous years and now is the time to reintroduce yourself, reintroduce your services, and reintroduce your staff to the Ontario busing industry! Don’t miss your chance to be at the forefront of the revitalization of the passenger transportation industry. Registration is now open — more information at www.ote.ca!
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
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The Ottawa VIP Program offers tour operators $50 per room night at a qualifying hotel, when accompanied by a paid admission to an eligible attraction. There are no minimum room night requirements. Hotels and attractions must be paid by the tour operator and proof of payment is required for the funding. Travel must be completed by October 15, 2022.
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Canada and Ontario strengthening the food and beverage processing sector
Ontario Newsroom
The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing approximately $4.5 million through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (the Partnership) to support more than 100 projects that will strengthen the province's agri-food supply chain by helping food and beverage processors improve their operations, increase their competitive edge and adapt to future challenges.
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After conservation efforts reintroduced Saskatchewan bison to their traditional lands in 2019, they helped archaeologists uncover 1,000-year-old petroglyphs and the tool used to carve them.
This historic find uncovers a new chapter in the story of the Northern Plains Indigenous People who have gathered on this land for over 6,000 years.
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Start of Toronto station upgrades means Ontario Line subway is underway
Progressive Railroading
Work is officially underway on a major Exhibition Station transformation in Toronto, marking the start of the multi-billion-dollar Ontario Line subway project. Metrolinx, GO Transit, Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and province of Ontario officials broke ground on the station project. Major upgrades include opening a new station entrance and exit from Atlantic Avenue, shifting an existing GO Transit track and creating a new train platform.
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Let three bald and blue men take you on a spectacular journey filled with music, laughter and surprises. OMCA members’ all-in pricing: $63-Chicago, $59-NYC. Contact bmg.sales@blueman.com
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Waiving Crown resource fees is good news say northern Ontario tourism groups
BayToday.ca
A decision by the Ontario Government to waive 2022 fees for hard-hit resource-based tourism operators is being applauded by groups representing the tourism industry. Nature and Outdoor Tourism Ontario (NOTO) and the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO) say there are over 1,000 seasonal lodges, resorts and campgrounds across northern Ontario that are struggling to survive the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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