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This report provides information on travel, hospitality, and conference expenditures for the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) for the fiscal year ended 31 March, except for information withheld under the Access to Information Act or the Privacy Act.

This report provides information on travel, hospitality, and conference expenditures for the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2020, except for information withheld under the Access to Information Act or the Privacy Act.

The objective of the audit project was to determine whether the monitoring and control mechanisms in place for travel, hospitality, conference and event (THCE) expenditures are adequate and whether expenditures are incurred in accordance with the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) Directive on THCE Expenditures, the National Joint Council (NJC) Travel Directive and the Financial Administration Act (FAA).

This report provides information on the annual expenditures for each of travel, hospitality and conference fees for FINTRAC for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021

This report provides information on the annual expenditures for each of travel, hospitality and conference fees for FINTRAC for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020

Travel, Hospitality, Conference and Event activities are essential to the effective delivery of government services. At Veterans Affairs Canada, these activities can include:

• a staff member travelling to a Veteran’s home to complete an assessment;
• refreshments being provided to guests of the Department during a meeting;
• health professionals attending a conference to discuss the latest developments in the field; or
• a commemoration event celebrating the sacrifice of Veterans. Effective April 1, 2014, the Treasury Board Directive on Travel, Hospitality, Conference and Event Expenditures was updated with new requirements. The intent of these changes was to strengthen oversight and accountability to ensure sound fiscal management of public funds.

In accordance with Section 6.4 of the Treasury Board Directive on Management of Expenditures on Travel, Hospitality and Conferences, departments are required to disclose the total annual expenditures for travel, hospitality and conferences.

This dataset consolidates all the Annual Expenditures on Travel, Hospitality and Conferences reports submitted by federal institutions.

The Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) is required, under section 147 of the Financial Administration Act, to disclose its costs incurred in preparing annual audit and special examination reports on Crown corporations. The costs stated for joint audits include only the costs incurred by the OAG and not those incurred by joint auditors.

The Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) is required, under section 147 of the Financial Administration Act, to disclose its costs incurred in preparing annual audit and special examination reports on Crown corporations. The costs stated for joint audits include only the costs incurred by the OAG and not those incurred by joint auditors.

The rules and principles governing hospitality are outlined in the Policies for Ministers' Offices and in Treasury Board's Travel Directive and Special Travel Authorities. This dataset consolidates all the Hospitality Expense reports submitted by federal institutions.