CALGARY—The travel industry in Canada has been thrown into a “tailspin” by new federal rules requiring a COVID-19 test before Canadians are allowed back into the country from most international travel, says the Association of Canadian Independent Travel Advisors. The timing of Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s announcement of the new protocol last Thursday—New Year’s Eve—could not have been worse because many agents had closed their offices for the holiday long weekend, the group said in a statement. “The releasing of this new protocol in the afternoon of New Year’s Eve put most of our industry into a tailspin,” ACITA said. “With no warning in place, people who had chosen to travel over the New Year were not given the opportunity to cancel or change their trips.” ACITA is a new association started by independent travel agents last spring in part to lobby for government assistance for the industry due to …