Annual Report on Travel, Hospitality and Conference Expenditures

Canadian Heritage 2019 - 2020

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 Heritage for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020.

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 Heritage Travel, Hospitality and Conference Expenditures for Year ending March 31, 2020

Travel, Hospitality and Conference Expenditures

Expenditure category

Expenditures for year ended March 31, 2020 ($ thousands)

Expenditures for year ended March 31, 2019 ($ thousands)

Variance ($ thousands)

Travel

Operational activities

$2,173.00

$2,512.00

-$339.00

Key stakeholders

$543.00

$617.00

-$74.00

Internal governance

$376.00

$322.00

$54.00

Training

$380.00

$375.00

$5.00

Other

$230.00

$273.00

-$43.00

A. Total travel

$3,702.00

$4,099.00

-$397.00

B. Hospitality

$352.00

$476.00

-$124.00

C. Conference fees

$28.00

$62.00

-$34.00

Total [A+B+C]

$4,082.00

$4,637.00

-$555.00

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

$0.00

$44.00

-$44.00

Explanation of significant variances compared with previous fiscal year

Total travel:

N/A

Hospitality:

N/A

Conference fees:

N/A

Minister and minister’s exempt staff - International travel:

N/A