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Fighting for Your Business
Current Advocacy
Government Advocacy
Priorities at
NGCOA Canada
•  Golf Entertainment Expense
Deduction
• Property Taxes
For more than 33 years, the NGCOA Canada has been the united voice
of the Canadian golf course industry - fighting battles, shaping policy, and
protecting the interests of owners and operators from coast to coast. From
Parliament Hill to provincial legislature, from municipal councils to
national boardrooms, your association has ensured that golf’s priorities
are not only heard but acted upon. The result is a proven track record of
advocacy wins that have saved courses millions, strengthened operations,
and elevated the business of golf to a position of influence and respect
nationwide.
• Pesticide Bylaws
• Parking Lot Taxes
• Land Expropriations
• Google Booking Button
• No-Show Payment
• Errant Golf Ball Liability
• Injury Waivers
• Labour Solutions
ADVOCACY WINS THAT DELIVER REAL RESULTS ADVOCACY WINS THAT DELIVER REAL RESULTS
• Red Tape
Over the years, NGCOA Canada’s advocacy has produced measurable
• And much more
results that directly benefit your bottom line. Highlights include:
•
 Protecting the Industry in Crisis – Led a coordinated national
COVID-19 response, working with all levels of government and with
our allied golf associations to establish safe-play protocols that kept
golf courses open (and re-opened in some provinces), protecting both
staff and golfers.
Your membership fuels this
advocacy effort … together,
we make golf’s voice
impossible to ignore!
•  Financial Savings & Tax Fairness – Secured the Current Value Assessment
Methodology in Ontario, resulting in $65 million in property tax
refunds for 492 courses and ongoing savings for the entire industry;
achieved federal recognition of golf F&B as a deductible business
THE FUTURE STRONGER THE FUTURE STRONGER
expense; fought the proposed Capital Gains Tax hike.
TOGETHER TOGETHER
•  Operational Freedoms – Won exemptions on pesticide by-laws; gained
The work is far from over. Federal,
licensed beverage carts in Ontario and B.C.; achieved exemption on
provincial, and municipal govern-
mandatory seat belts for golf carts in BC.
ments will continue to introduce
new regulations, taxes, and policies
 Regulatory Improvements – Expanded alcohol service hours in Ontario;
that affect your operations—and
allowed liquor mobility at B.C. courses; secured Quebec’s recognition
agendas can shift with every
of golf as a unique sporting venue under new smoking laws.
election. On your own, it is nearly
•  Cost Reductions & Recognition – Eliminated unnecessary cart licensing
impossible to be heard. But
in B.C. which saved up to $20,000 per facility in annual fees; ensured
together, as one strong and united
owners’ access to PGA Buying Shows; introduced The Weather
voice, the NGCOA Canada ensures
Network’s Golf Weather Report.
the golf industry speaks with
•  National Golf Day & Golf In Your Riding Initiatives – Led numerous
power and influence. By standing
discussions with key federal and provincial officials to promote the
collectively, we create the leverage
positive environmental, social, physical and mental health benefits of
needed to protect your business
golf for Canadians; as well as the significant positive economic impact
and secure even greater wins for
the golf industry generates to Canada’s GDP and in taxes for all levels of
the future of golf in Canada.
government.
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