CAEM Update- June 1, 2021

FEDERAL 

• CAEM is pleased to announce that our contract with public affairs firm, Crestview Strategy, has been renewed through the end of December 2021. The priorities laid out in this updated contract are as follows:
  • Continue our federal government advocacy for sector-specific funding as well as program extensions (i.e. CEWS and CERS).  Our focus will be at the Ministerial level.
  • Augment our federal advocacy with a media outreach and public relations campaign to raise additional awareness to our sectors’ struggles.
  • Assist CAEM in Ontario with re-opening and financial support advocacy.
  • Assist with platform development in anticipation of the federal election being announced.
  • Assist CAEM in developing a long-term, post-pandemic government relations strategy.

• CAEM was pleased to be a signatory on a joint letter to the Federal Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, initiated by the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO).  This letter was yet another opportunity to illustrate the clear necessity for extending federal support programs for hardest hit industries such as ours. Read the letter here.

• The TIAO letter mentioned above is a perfect example of how CAEM continues to collaborate and align with other industry associations such as TIAC; Meetings Mean Business Canada; Conference Centres of Canada and the Hardest Hit Coalition to elevate our message and participate in broader advocacy work.
• The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has developed a petition on behalf of the events industry at large to lobby the federal and provincial governments regarding extensions to support programs and a clear re-opening plan for events.  The asks in this petition are aligned with CAEM’s advocacy work and as such it is worth your consideration.  You can find the petition here.

PROVINCIAL UPDATES

Since our last update, a number of provinces have announced their updated re-opening plans.  You can find the links to these recent announcements below.  Obviously, CAEM is very encouraged by these announcements as they represent significant progress in outlining a path to re-opening, however there are still questions remaining regarding capacity limits as well as protocols.  We are working diligently with the provincial governments to get clarity and answers to our questions. CAEM is well positioned in this endeavour due to the extensive work we have already completed on our industry Safe Re-Opening Guidelines.

• Re-Opening Ontario
• Alberta's Open For Summer Plan
• BC Restart Plan
• Quebec Re-Opening Plan 
• New Brunswick Path to Green 
• Nova Scotia Re-Opening Safely Plan 
• PEI Moving Forward in 2021 Plan 

ON

• Late last week we distributed TIAO's Ontario Tourism and Travel Business Support Grant Survey to our Ontario members.  If you were unable to access the Ontario Small Business Support Grant earlier this year, we encourage you to fill out the TIAO survey as we are working to expand the eligibility of this new grant to include trade and consumer show producers.  

MEMBER BENEFIT ANNOUNCED

As part of CAEM's ongoing effort to support our members through this difficult period we are pleased to announce a new member benefit.

During a recent meeting of CAEM's Board of Directors a new member benefit was ratified regarding job postings.  CAEM had previously offered members the ability to distribute job postings at a cost of $360 plus tax which included a post on the Careers page of the CAEM website for 30 days and a dedicated eblast to the CAEM database.

Effective immediately, job postings on the Careers page of the CAEM website will be free for members to post and will be live on the website for 30 days.  In addition, new postings will be highlighted in our biweekly updates and on CAEM’s Linkedin page.

Should members wish to send a dedicated job posting eblast to the complete CAEM database the cost will be $149 plus tax.

Posting jobs on CAEM’s Careers page is an exclusive member benefit and is not available for non-members.

For more information, please contact the CAEM office.

2021 CAEM Webinar Series

The recordings of the 2021 CAEM Webinar Series offered to date are available on our website.   You  will need your CAEM member username and password to gain access.   Forgot your password?  You can reset it here.