Air Canada hires influencers to promote vacation travel
Jan 6, 2021, 9:47 am
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Jan 6, 2021, 10:00 am
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Thanks. I expect that number is higher in other countries.
Jan 6, 2021, 10:06 am
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Although deceit perpetrated by Air Canada is hardly a new and notable event.
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Jan 6, 2021, 10:23 am
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I wonder if these influencers will show themselves getting a Qtip shoved up there nose a couple days before the flight home.
Followed by two weeks of binge watching netflix.
These influencers need to start influencing politicians to loosen travel requirements.
Followed by two weeks of binge watching netflix.
These influencers need to start influencing politicians to loosen travel requirements.
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Jan 6, 2021, 10:46 am
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Folks, please note that posts wandering too far afield into other topics such as the new mandatory 72-hour negative test requirements or the legality of enacting barriers for Canadians to enter the country will be moved to more appropriate places, such as this thread on the latter topic in the Canada forum. Let's try and keep this thread focused on the thread topic at hand.
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Jan 6, 2021, 11:39 am
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Air Canada is a business. They have a duty to their shareholders to build their businessess. Good on them for doing this.
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Jan 6, 2021, 11:57 am
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Air Canada is a business. They've asked for help from the feds to help the industry, and it's falling on tone deaf ears so far (beyond the CEWS which everyone was eligible for).
They have a duty to their shareholders to build their businessess. Good on them for doing this. If the government wants them NOT to promote this - give them extra subsidies so they don't have to.
They have a duty to their shareholders to build their businessess. Good on them for doing this. If the government wants them NOT to promote this - give them extra subsidies so they don't have to.
As has been mentioned in this thread, "if you're scared, stay home".
So, why do Air Canada customers get to make that choice, while restaurant customers and theatre patrons don't?
Jan 6, 2021, 12:42 pm
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During a press conference today, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said that he feels "it is totally unhelpful and counterproductive for airlines to encourage international travel" when asked by a journalist to weigh in on the media reports about AC hiring influencers to encourage people to travel.
Watch starting timestamp 40:24 of this video
Watch starting timestamp 40:24 of this video
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Jan 6, 2021, 5:39 pm
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Jan 6, 2021, 8:34 pm
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Why does Air Canada get congratulated for promoting risky, optional behaviour, while Live Nation is banned from even trying to sell tickets to rock concerts? Both are publicly-traded companies with a duty to their shareholders.
As has been mentioned in this thread, "if you're scared, stay home".
So, why do Air Canada customers get to make that choice, while restaurant customers and theatre patrons don't?
As has been mentioned in this thread, "if you're scared, stay home".
So, why do Air Canada customers get to make that choice, while restaurant customers and theatre patrons don't?
Not spread as easily as sitting with a mask on. A couple hundred people. Many with a quarantine at the end of their journey.
Either way, I definitely agree with IYSSH.
Influencers would normally fall under the classification of contractor not employee.
Jan 6, 2021, 8:44 pm
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...this, to say nothing of the fact that you can't hold a flight outdoors.
Obviously that's ridiculous, the point is that we've picked very arbitrary places to draw our lines. As you say, Air Canada are simply using what space the law permits, and you can't blame a dog for barking.
...but anyone who pretends its much different at all from whole industries that have been made entirely illegal, is telling themselves a convenient lie.
Jan 7, 2021, 11:30 am
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https://www.canada.ca/en/department-...e-subsidy.html
In fact Air Canada has received already received over $400 million under the Federal Wage Subsidy
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/air...d-19-1.5824950
Contractors wages can be claimed under the Federal Wage Subsidy.
Jan 7, 2021, 11:46 am
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Ruh roh. One of these influencers was actually a government employee.
Dominique Baker, the acting manager at the agency’s Office of Border and Travel Health, flew with a friend to the upscale, all-inclusive Royalton Blue Waters resort in Montego Bay in mid-November.
Ms. Baker, who bills herself as a social, fashion and travel influencer on her off-work hours, posted a video a few hours after she arrived in Jamaica, calling the hotel suite with its own infinity pool “mind-blowing – whoa.”
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Air Canada’s manager of corporate communications, Peter Fitzpatrick, said the airline did not provide the paid junket to Ms. Baker because of her government connections but because of her activities as a social-media influencer.
Ms. Baker, who bills herself as a social, fashion and travel influencer on her off-work hours, posted a video a few hours after she arrived in Jamaica, calling the hotel suite with its own infinity pool “mind-blowing – whoa.”
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Air Canada’s manager of corporate communications, Peter Fitzpatrick, said the airline did not provide the paid junket to Ms. Baker because of her government connections but because of her activities as a social-media influencer.