Advocacy

CAEM Advocacy Task Force

The purpose of the Advocacy Task Force is:

To monitor federal and provincial government legislation, regulations and policies in order to promote the broad interests of the expositions and events industry with government decision-makers.
To increase visibility of CAEM and the industry with policy and decision-makers within federal and provincial government.
To increase awareness of economic impact of the exposition and events industry with government and tourism departments across Canada.
To develop and strengthen relationships with government.
To seek input from the membership across Canada on issues and make recommendations to the CAEM Board of Directors for policy submissions on federal and provincial legislative, regulatory and policy initiatives.
To register with the appropriate government office(s) as a registered lobbyist (under the Executive Director), in accordance with the Lobbyist Registration Act (when applicable).
To keep the Board of Directors and Membership abreast of all government relations activities and progress.