Report on Annual Expenditures for Travel, Hospitality and Conferences for fiscal year ending March 31, 2011

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 RCMP External Review Committee 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 RCMP External Review Committee (ERC), this includes the delivery of the following core program activities: Program Activity 1 Independent and impartial case review; and Program Activity 2 Outreach and information dissemination.

The ERC is an independent and impartial agency that aims to promote fair and equitable labour relations within the RCMP, in accordance with applicable principles of law. To this end the ERC conducts an independent review of appeals in disciplinary, and discharge and demotion matters, as well as certain categories of grievances that are referred to it pursuant to s. 33 of the RCMP Act and s. 36 of the RCMP Regulations. The ERC's jurisdiction is restricted to employment and labour matters that relate to regular members and civilian members of the RCMP only.

Total annual expenditures for Travel, Hospitality and Conferences of the RCMP External Review Committee are summarized below:

(*) Includes international travel that is part of a department's program.