ARCHIVED - Report on Annual Expenditures for Travel, Hospitality and Conferences (2010-2011)

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As required by the Treasury Board Directive for the Management of Expenditures on Travel, Hospitality and Conferences, this report provides information on the total annual expenditures for each of travel, hospitality and conferences for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011.

This information is updated annually and does not contain information withheld under the Access to Information Act or the Privacy Act.

Expenditures on travel, hospitality and conferences incurred by federal departments and agencies are related to supporting departmental mandate(s) and the government’s priorities.

In particular, for the CFIA, this includes the delivery of the following core programs and/or services to Canadians:

• The CFIA is dedicated to safeguarding food, animals and plants, and contributing to a safe and accessible food supply and plant and animal resource base - thereby enhancing the health and well-being of Canada’s people, environment, and economy.
• The Agency is responsible for administering and enforcing 13 federal statutes and 38 sets of regulations, for regulating the safety and nutritional quality of food sold in Canada, and for supporting a sustainable plant and animal resource base.
• The Agency’s activities contribute to protecting Canadian and international consumers, Canadian agricultural productions (including forestry) and our environment. In turn, these activities benefit Canadian farmers, foresters, processors and distributors (including importers and esporters), as well as consumers.
• These activities include verifying the compliance of imported products; registering and inspecting establishments; testing food, animals, plants and their related products; and approving the use of many agricultural inputs.
• The CFIA has over 7,500 ⁽¹⁾ employees working across Canada including in the four operational areas (Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario and Wesrtern). Many of these staff are required to travel from place to place in order to do their work. These travel expenditures are included in the total expenditures for Travel - Public Servants on the next page.

Total annual expenditures for Travel, Hospitality and Conferences of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are summarized below:

⁽¹⁾ This number includes active, leave without pay, paid leave and suspended employees.

Date modified:

2016-01-26