Annual Report on Travel, Hospitality and Conference Expenditures

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 2023 - 2024

As required by the Treasury Board Directive on Travel, Hospitality, Conference and Event Expenditures, this report provides information on travel, hospitality and conference expenditures for Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.

Travel, hospitality and conference expenditures incurred by a federal department or agency relate to activities that support the department or agency’s mandate and the government’s priorities.

Mandate:

Expenditures on travel, hospitality and conference fees incurred by federal departments and agencies are related to activities that support a departmental or agency mandate and the government’s priorities.

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Travel, Hospitality and Conference Expenditures for Year ending March 31, 2024

Travel, Hospitality and Conference Expenditures

Expenditure category

Expenditures for year ended March 31, 2024 ($ thousands)

Expenditures for year ended March 31, 2023 ($ thousands)

Variance ($ thousands)

Travel

Operational activities

$542.00

$312.00

$230.00

Key stakeholders

$43.00

$29.00

$14.00

Internal governance

$2.00

$0.00

$2.00

Training

$22.00

$22.00

$0.00

Other

$3.00

$5.00

-$2.00

A. Total travel

$612.00

$368.00

$244.00

B. Hospitality

$13.00

$35.00

-$22.00

C. Conference fees

$219.00

$134.00

$85.00

Total [A+B+C]

$844.00

$537.00

$307.00

International travel by minister and minister's staff (included in travel)

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

Explanation of significant variances compared with previous fiscal year

Total travel:

Departmental travel expenditures increased by $244,000 in 2023-24 compared to 2022-23 but is still under the pre-pandemic range ($739,000 in 2019-20). The increase is mainly related to resuming key operational activities as well as the need to travel for conferences and public hearings.

Hospitality:

Compared to fiscal year 2022-23, departmental hospitality expenditures decreased by $22,000. The hospitality expenditure was high in 2022-23 because of the CRTC hosting the International Regulators Forum.

Conference fees:

Compared to fiscal year 2022-23, departmental conference fee expenditures increased by $85,000 which is in alignment with the increase in travel and employees and consistent with pre-pandemic expenditures.

Minister and minister’s exempt staff - International travel:

Not applicable