Agents have been so hard-hit by the pandemic in Canada that many are living off federal pandemic relief funds, the House of Commons transport committee was told. About 40 per cent of Canada’s 12,000 travel agents are independent contractors and are working from home, relying on the Canada Recovery Benefit, which pays a maximum of $13,000 to self-employed or other uninsured tax filers who are out of work, and many storefront agencies are now closing permanently, a report by the Association of Canadian Independent Travel Advisors said. “The travel industry was the first to be shut down and will be one of the slowest to recover,” the association wrote to MPs. “Not only are consumers reluctant to book travel, many countries that consumers would normally visit will not be allowing tourists, nor will the airlines be flying to many destinations.”
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