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COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES AND EXPENDITURES SUMMARY

Summary of Committee Activities (April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019)

The following tables contain information about all committee meetings, witnesses and reports for the period from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019. Committees are listed in alphabetical order of Standing Committee names. Each Standing Committee is followed by separate rows for each of its subcommittees (if applicable). For general information on the following tables, see the “Note to Reader – Meetings, Witnesses and Reports”.

Standing Committees and Subcommittees

Standing Committees and Subcommittees	Total Number of Meetings	Number of Televised Meetings	Number of Meetings with Videoconferencing	Number of Meetings with Video Recording	Total Meeting Hours	Number of Witnesses	Number of Reports
Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI)	42	20	16	0	71h24m	96	4
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SETH)	1	0	0	0	0h49m	0	0
Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI)	39	7	13	0	62h16m	137	5
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SAGR)	1	0	0	0	0h52m	0	0
Canadian Heritage (CHPC)	48	13	25	2	98h05m	279	7
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SCHP)	3	0	0	0	1h05m	0	0
Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM)	46	23	19	0	83h49m	220	5
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SCIM)	2	0	0	0	1h38m	0	0
Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI)	45	7	8	1	92h06m	219	3
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SENV)	4	0	0	0	3h05m	0	0
Finance (FINA)	58	31	5	0	151h42m	684	6
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SFIN)	3	0	0	0	1h38m	0	0
Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO)	44	3	21	0	72h48m	174	7
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SFOP)	1	0	0	0	1h05m	0	0
Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE)	41	8	12	0	62h33m	139	6
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SFAA)	6	0	0	0	3h14m	0	0
Subcommittee on International Human Rights (SDIR)	42	18	16	0	37h56m	67	0
Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO)	41	7	5	0	66h47m	222	2
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SOGG)	2	0	0	0	1h20m	0	0
Health (HESA)	39	2	16	0	63h02m	173	9
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SHES)	1	0	0	0	0h53m	0	0
Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada (SCSC)	7	6	3	0	12h25m	26	0
Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA)	43	18	15	0	79h39m	207	7
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SHUM)	0	0	0	0	0h0m	0	0
Indigenous and Northern Affairs (INAN)	41	4	14	1	60h01m	212	5
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SINA)	0	0	0	0	0h0m	0	0
Industry, Science and Technology (INDU)	53	25	8	0	92h52m	300	4
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SIND)	0	0	0	0	0h0m	0	0
International Trade (CIIT)	39	8	15	1	51h15m	168	7
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SCII)	0	0	0	0	0h0m	0	0
Justice and Human Rights (JUST)	50	14	13	0	107h00m	237	9
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SJUS)	1	0	0	0	0h07m	0	0
National Defence (NDDN)	43	6	6	1	67h12m	110	6
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SNDD)	1	0	0	0	0h44m	0	0
Natural Resources (RNNR)	40	2	22	0	62h04m	164	4
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SRNN)	0	0	0	0	0h0m	0	0
Official Languages (LANG)	40	8	2	0	68h05m	97	7
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SLAN)	0	0	0	0	0h0m	0	0
Procedure and House Affairs (PROC)	50	8	8	0	104h25m	169	30
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SPRO)	3	0	0	0	1h57m	0	0
Subcommittee on Private Members’ Business (SMEM)	6	0	0	0	0h53m	0	0
Subcommittee on the Code of Conduct for Members of the House of Commons: Sexual Harassment (SCCC)	4	0	0	0	4h15m	8	0
Public Accounts (PACP)	40	22	0	0	62h37m	127	18
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SPAC)	0	0	0	0	0h0m	0	0
Public Safety and National Security (SECU)	51	13	14	5	99h28m	229	14
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SSEC)	10	0	0	0	6h33m	0	0
Status of Women (FEWO)	41	4	13	0	68h02m	136	3
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SFEW)	0	0	0	0	0h0m	0	0
Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN)	37	4	13	0	83h47m	285	6
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (STRA)	0	0	0	0	0h0m	0	0
Veterans Affairs (ACVA)	31	2	12	0	50h01m	91	3
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SACV)	1	0	0	0	0h10m	0	0
Liaison (LIAI)	2	0	0	0	0h58m	2	2
Subcommittee on Committee Budgets (SBLI)	7	0	0	0	2h21m	0	0
Subcommittee on Communications Activities in Relation to Committees (SLCO)	0	0	0	0	0h0m	0	0
Total	1 150	283	314	11	1 965h02m	4 978	179

Standing Joint Committees and Subcommittees

Standing Joint Committees and Subcommittees	Total Number of Meetings	Number of Televised Meetings	Number of Meetings with Videoconferencing	Number of Meetings with Video Recording	Total Meeting Hours	Number of Witnesses	Number of Reports
Library of Parliament (BILI)	6	1	0	0	6h36m	16	2
Scrutiny of Regulations (REGS)	14	0	0	0	19h14m	20	1
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SREG)	0	0	0	0	0h0m	0	0
Total	20	1	0	0	25h50m	36	3

All Committees

All Committees	Total Number of Meetings	Number of Televised Meetings	Number of Meetings with Videoconferencing	Number of Meetings with Video Recording	Total Meeting Hours	Number of Witnesses	Number of Reports
Total Standing Committees and Subcommittees	1 150	283	314	11	1 965h02m	4 978	179
Total Standing Joint Committees and Subcommittees	20	1	0	0	25h50m	36	3
Grand Total	1 170	284	314	11	1 990h52m	5 014	182

Summary of Committee Expenditures (April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019)

The following tables summarize committee expenditures for the period from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019. Expenditures are broken down by “Witness Expenses”, “Video Conferences”, “Other” and “Travel”. “Other” includes expenditures such as working meals, reports, professional services, audio-visual equipment and minor miscellaneous expenses. Committees are listed in alphabetical order. Differences in totals are due to rounding.

Standing Committees

Committee Name	Witness Expenses ($)	Video Conferences ($)	Other ($)	Travel ($)	Total ($)
Access to Information, Privacy And Ethics (ETHI)	11,402	9,821	7,881	21,057	50,161
Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI)	54,746	7,738	3,319	53,361	119,164
Canadian Heritage (CHPC)	73,513	8,015	9,277	0	90,804
Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM)	31,977	11,734	6,643	79,871	130,225
Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI)	17,298	3,762	7,157	0	28,216
Finance (FINA)	84,087	2,796	7,896	283,431	378,210
Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO)	71,155	13,898	4,671	157,379	247,103
Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE)	41,923	17,644	21,959	255,956	337,482
Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO)	284	3,175	5,428	0	8,887
Health (HESA)	52,559	11,349	5,330	0	69,238
Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA)	47,968	4,957	9,961	0	62,886
Indigenous and Northern Affairs (INAN)	54,141	9,496	4,854	0	68,491
Industry, Science and Technology (INDU)	39,755	4,810	3,710	94,503	142,778
International Trade (CIIT)	29,552	6,482	5,210	29,277	70,521
Justice and Human Rights (JUST)	65,590	11,636	12,353	14,631	104,210
National Defence (NDDN)	6,780	1,478	11,721	141,980	161,959
Natural Resources (RNNR)	30,989	11,423	6,091	0	48,502
Official Languages (LANG)	27,620	2,348	6,144	58,585	94,697
Procedure and House Affairs (PROC)	9,008	4,296	9,914	0	23,218
Public Accounts (PACP)	0	0	4,753	17,533	22,286
Public Safety and National Security (SECU)	22,693	5,962	6,966	0	35,621
Status of Women (FEWO)	51,207	9,223	4,225	0	64,654
Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN)	34,197	7,508	6,255	70,131	118,091
Veterans Affairs (ACVA)	24,936	8,622	3,573	79,901	117,032
Liaison (LIAI)	0	0	993	0	993
Total	883,377	178,172	176,284	1,357,597	2,595,430

Standing Joint Committees

Committee Name	Witness Expenses ($)	Video Conferences ($)	Other ($)	Travel ($)	Total ($)
Library of Parliament (BILI)	0	0	718	0	718
Scrutiny of Regulations (REGS)	0	0	2,519	0	2,519
Total	0	0	3,237	0	3,237

All Committees

Committee Name	Witness Expenses ($)	Video Conferences ($)	Other ($)	Travel ($)	Total ($)
Total Standing Committees	883,377	178,172	176,284	1,357,597	2,595,430
Total Standing Joint Committees	0	0	3,237	0	3,237
Grand Total	883,377	178,172	179,521	1,357,597	2,598,667

Breakdown of Committee Expenditures for All Committees (April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019)

The following figure shows the total expenditures for all committees from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019, broken down by “Witness Expenses”, “Videoconferences”, “Other” and “Travel”. “Other” includes expenditures such as working meals, reports, professional services, audio-visual equipment and minor miscellaneous expenses.

Figure 1 – Breakdown of Committee Expenditures by Type of Expenditure for all Committees

Figure 1 shows that from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019, total expenditures for all committees were $883,337 for “Witness Expenses” or 34% of total spending, $178,172 for “Videoconferences” or 7% of total spending, $179,521 for “Other” or 7% of total spending and $1,357,597 for “Travel” or 52% of total spending.

Breakdown of Committee Expenditures by Month for All Committees (April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019)

The following figure shows total committee expenditures in each month from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019.

Figure 2 – Breakdown of Committee Expenditures by Month for all Committees (in thousands of dollars)

Figure 2 shows the breakdown of committee expenditures by month in thousands of dollars, as follows: April 2018, $13,000; May 2018, $185,000; June 2018, $617,000; July 2018, $198,000; August 2018, $37,000; September 2018, $144,000; October 2018, $207,000; November 2018, $476,000; December 2018, $300,000; January 2019, $75,000; February 2019, $141,000; March 2019, $205,000.