Annual Report on Travel, Hospitality and Conference Expenditures

Canadian Space Agency 2016 - 2017

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 Space Agency for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017.

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:

The CSA’s mandate is to promote the peaceful use and development of space, to advance the knowledge of space through science and to ensure that space science and technology provide social and economic benefits for Canadian. The CSA is achieving this mandate in cooperation with Government of Canada organizations, Canadian academia and industry and international space agencies. The CSA’s expenditures for travel, hospitality and conference are mainly incurred in order to maintain these different collaborations. Information on the CSA’s mission, mandate and Act is available by consulting the Canadian Space Agency’s website as well; the program activities can by consulting at the following Report on Plans and Priorities and the Departmental Results Report.

Canadian Space Agency Travel, Hospitality and Conference Expenditures for Year ending March 31, 2017

Travel, Hospitality and Conference Expenditures

Expenditure category

Expenditures for year ended March 31, 2017 ($ thousands)

Travel

Public Servants

$2,663.00

Non-public Servants

$1,058.00

A. Total travel

$3,721.00

B. Hospitality

$44.00

C. Conference fees

$44.00

Total [A+B+C]

$3,809.00

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

$0.00

Explanation of significant variances compared with previous fiscal year

Total travel:

Compared to last year, total spending on travel, hospitality and conferences have increased by 128 thousand dollars which is an increase of 3%. This variance is mainly attributed to the increase of public servants travel to support the recruitment campaign of the 2 new astronauts. This same initiative also explains the increase in hospitality expenditures for the same period. The decrease in non-public servants travel is mostly explained by the development schedule of a major project; impacting the travel of contractual resources.

Hospitality:

N/A

Conference fees:

With respect to conference attendance fees, the increase is explained by a space conference in 2016-2017 that takes place every two years.

Minister and minister’s exempt staff - International travel:

N/A