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Tony Baldinelli

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Niagara Falls
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 68%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $102,468.80

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Context: House Hansard - 41 - Mar/4/22
Mr. Tony Baldinelli (Niagara Falls, CPC)
  • Mar/4/22 11:15:58 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the 2022 summer tourism season is quickly approaching and international travellers are starting to make their vacation plans now, yet mandatory predeparture testing requirements continue to serve as a disincentive to visit our country. In my riding of Niagara Falls, communities, businesses and workers depend on tourism. In Niagara alone, we have four international border crossings, which facilitate travellers and visitation into Niagara and Canada. Tourism is our largest industry locally. Before the pandemic, this sector employed 40,000 local workers and generated $2.4 billion in tourism receipts alone. COVID-19 and federal restrictions have had a devastating impact on tourism in Niagara. The Canadian Travel and Tourism Roundtable, border-area mayors and the federal government's own expert advisory panel have indicated that predeparture testing requirements are not needed. When will this federal government end all COVID-19 restrictions and mandates? Where is the plan? Let us save the 2022 tourism season.
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Context: House Hansard - 31 - Feb/15/22
Mr. Tony Baldinelli (Niagara Falls, CPC)
  • Feb/15/22 2:48:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, for too long the Conservatives have been calling on the government to remove the mandatory PCR test requirements for those entering Canada. In my riding of Niagara Falls, this policy has had a devastating impact on the economy. Visits from the U.S. are nowhere near the record levels reached in 2019, and these expensive costs put on our visitors and Canadians travelling prevent them from visiting their families and loved ones. My residents want to know this: When will all federal travel mandates be ended?
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