Report on Annual Expenditures for Travel, Hospitality and Conferences for fiscal year 2010-11

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 Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 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.

The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) is an independent administrative tribunal that was created on January 1, 1989, by an amendment to the Immigration Act. In 2002, the Immigration Act was replaced by the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) from which each IRB division gets its mandate.

The mission of the IRB is to resolve immigration and refugee cases efficiently, fairly and in accordance with the law on behalf of Canadians.

The IRB has four program activities: Refugee Protection, Immigration Appeals, Admissibility Hearings and Detention Reviews and Internal Services. The Internal Services program activity support the three other program activities.

The IRB carries out its work in three regional offices: Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver. All three divisions hold hearings in these regions, supported by adjudicative and corporate support. The IRB also has offices in Calgary and Ottawa in which hearings are held. Internal and support services are managed at IRB Headquarters, located in Ottawa.

For more information on the Board's mandate and activities, please refer to the Departmental Performance Report.

Total annual expenditures for Travel, Hospitality and Conferences of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada are summarized below: