Annual Report on Travel, Hospitality and Conference Expenditures
Women and Gender Equality Canada 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 Women and Gender Equality Canada 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:
WAGE’s travel, hospitality and conference expenditures support the delivery of the following core programs and services to Canadians:
The mandate of WAGE is to advance equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression through the inclusion of people of all genders, including women, in Canada’s economic, social, and political life. This application of a gender and diversity lens will help us to understand better the intersection of sex and gender with other identity factors. These factors include – but are not limited to – race, national and ethnic origin, Indigenous origin or identity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic condition, place of residence and disability.
Further information on mandate, roles, responsibilities and programs of WAGE can be found in the Departmental Results Report and Departmental Plan.
Women and Gender Equality Canada 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 |
$94.00 |
$203.00 |
-$109.00 |
Key stakeholders |
$373.00 |
$317.00 |
$56.00 |
Internal governance |
$52.00 |
$41.00 |
$11.00 |
Training |
$19.00 |
$15.00 |
$4.00 |
Other |
$6.00 |
$3.00 |
$3.00 |
| A. Total travel | $544.00 |
$579.00 |
-$35.00 |
| B. Hospitality | $44.00 |
$34.00 |
$10.00 |
| C. Conference fees | $3.00 |
$8.00 |
-$5.00 |
| Total [A+B+C] | $591.00 |
$621.00 |
-$30.00 |
| International travel by minister and minister's staff (included in travel) | $54.00 |
$13.00 |
$41.00 |
Explanation of significant variances compared with previous fiscal year
Total travel:
compared with fiscal year 2022-23, there was a slight decrease in departmental travel expenditures. It's related to a decrease of $109 thousand in travel for operational activities. It's also explained by an increase of $56 thousand for key stakeholders mostly related to the international travel by the Minister and the Minister’s exempt staff.
Hospitality:
compared with fiscal year 2022-23, there's no significant variance in departmental hospitality expenditures.
Conference fees:
compared with fiscal year 2022-23, there is no significant variance in departmental conference fees.Minister and minister’s exempt staff - International travel:
compared with fiscal year 2022-23, there is a variance for departmental expenditures for international travel by the Minister and the Minister’s exempt staff. The increase is due to their participation and attendance at the 2023 Women Deliver Conference in Rwanda and at the G7 Gender Equality Ministers in Japan to discuss progress on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment.