Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA) CEO Ian Robertson is advocating to Transport Canada to announce plans to rescind the order suspending cruise in Canada that is currently in effect until Feb. 28, 2022. The temporary exemption to the US Passenger Vessel Services Act signed into law in May 2021 allows cruise ships to bypass Canada for the 2021 season, but the threat of any temporary legislation becoming permanent exists and could decimate the $2.7 billion cruise industry in B.C. Robertson is asking for Transport Canada to announce that the current suspension of cruise ships calling to Canadian waters will end by this fall, confirming that the industry is welcome to return in 2022 by adhering to measures determined by the Public Health Agency of Canada.