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
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