Canadian Government Expenses

Canadian Government Expenses




We at Bine Consulting are working hard to analyze all the government expense claims revealed via the proactive disclosure of travel and hospitality expenses since the end of 2003. We are meticulously going through them, department by department to collect and report on each and every expense that has ever been claimed by a government official under this programme.

Since 2003 we have assessed a total of 142239 expenses claimed with the total expense bill running exactly $156,706,345.95 and is growing!

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Please stay tuned as we assess the expenditures of these departments each quarter of the year and see how these figures grow. These are YOUR hard earned tax dollars which are being spent on travel and hospitality expenses. Be aware of how it is being used.

We have all the stats here, broken down by department, year, even individual ministers, staff and others who have been spending this huge amount of money. Check back frequently for the data during each new fiscal quarter.

Where does your tax money go? (jump to reports below)

During these times of economic crisis, where are the millions of tax dollars going?

We are a local Canadian company who wanted to answer this burning question for Canadians everywhere. So we went the extra mile and did just that! We have waded through thousands of pages of government data and created the summary reports below.

In 2003, the Canadian government mandated that all travel and hospitality expenses were to be publically disclosed. It is all available on the government of Canada website, but the data is so scattered and in so many different formats that you'd have a very hard time trying to find it or make any sense out of it.

As a public service to all Canadian taxpayers, Bine Consulting has analyzed the data and prepared these easy to read reports.

Department Spending Trends

Department Total Spent Number of Expenses Number of Employees
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada $21,550,583.39 20033 308
National Defence $13,246,680.20 8494 188
Privy Council Office $9,312,435.38 12675 416
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) $5,967,254.11 7673 105
Fisheries and Oceans Canada $5,605,879.19 4221 108
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) $5,236,292.51 4896 229
Natural Resources Canada $5,000,543.80 4167 124
Finance Canada, Department of $4,804,460.91 3182 107
Environment Canada $4,773,783.77 3213 125
Health Canada $4,547,482.22 4356 141
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada $4,525,019.83 2493 112
Industry Canada $4,407,588.65 3601 147
Justice Canada, Department of $4,299,044.74 3503 118
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) $3,720,928.42 3683 104
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency $3,632,976.09 3125 41
Service Canada $2,705,267.46 2292 37
Auditor General of Canada, Office of the $2,600,911.08 3094 29
Western Economic Diversification Canada $2,555,113.41 1758 50
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada $2,416,694.97 1455 76
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada $2,294,296.50 2099 91
National Research Council Canada $2,140,940.44 1381 15
Transport Canada $1,946,661.25 2409 100
Public Works and Government Services Canada $1,855,870.13 2844 99
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat $1,846,173.79 3191 100
Public Health Agency of Canada $1,837,292.53 679 14
Parks Canada $1,833,931.04 1132 18
Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) $1,828,988.11 1168 30
Correctional Service of Canada $1,792,558.59 1539 34
Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Office of the $1,783,873.50 1959 10
Canadian Food Inspection Agency $1,741,103.52 1290 32
Veterans Affairs Canada $1,698,314.88 1359 40
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) $1,308,780.30 934 27
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada $1,086,398.33 907 14
Infrastructure Canada $1,062,692.75 1105 34
Canadian Heritage $1,061,906.95 676 65
National Energy Board $916,378.40 794 9
Statistics Canada $902,246.36 1335 18
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions $873,717.58 1762 37
Canadian Institutes of Health Research $745,120.20 703 13
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission $739,089.08 1310 11
Canada School of Public Service $702,906.00 636 9
Library and Archives of Canada $697,083.92 644 8
Courts Administration Service $652,268.54 607 23
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission $635,820.49 351 12
Canadian Space Agency $635,717.02 600 8
Financial Transaction and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) $628,189.95 530 17
Privacy Commissioner of Canada $609,025.47 533 6
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency $581,707.44 420 9
Public Service Commission of Canada $537,866.03 1101 20
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal $521,649.22 249 4
Transportation Safety Board of Canada $511,982.02 344 11
Canadian Human Rights Commission $445,727.44 196 9
National Film Board of Canada $433,127.38 617 3
Canada Public Service Agency $432,424.78 575 22
Veterans Review and Appeal Board Canada $416,984.96 322 4
Security Intelligence Review Committee $390,900.11 183 3
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada $384,944.69 541 11
Status of Women Canada $382,900.85 317 19
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada $334,111.98 294 6
Telefilm Canada $325,189.92 457 4
Canadian Transportation Agency $295,061.83 384 4
Citizenship and Immigration Canada $288,417.97 270 17
Commissioner of Official Languages, Office of the $278,999.96 231 3
Secretary to the Governor General, Office of the $266,996.63 190 8
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy $264,808.06 290 4
National Farm Products Council $227,506.15 271 5
Supreme Court of Canada $227,288.79 170 3
Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs, Office of the $218,223.42 360 4
Elections Canada $205,265.18 105 5
Canada Industrial Relations Board $201,528.17 209 3
Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada $197,713.68 84 2
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) $188,719.03 230 5
Canadian Grain Commission $185,652.80 189 3
National Parole Board $165,028.15 148 4
Information Commissioner of Canada, Office of the $155,074.61 111 10
Canadian Forces Grievance Board $125,792.08 101 3
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board $113,487.43 205 4
Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal $79,728.25 64 5
Copyright Board Canada $72,592.79 40 1
Director of Public Prosecutions, Office of the $57,748.52 64 3
Public Service Staffing Tribunal $53,733.76 33 1
NAFTA Secretariat - Canadian Section $52,866.59 79 3
Canadian Museum for Human Rights $50,583.85 20 1
Correctional Investigator, Office of the $50,400.43 53 1
Competition Tribunal $48,464.83 86 2
Canadian International Trade Tribunal $43,736.01 84 7
Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission $42,239.15 65 5
Military Police Complaints Commission $25,875.74 33 3
Registrar of Lobbyists, Office of the $24,315.23 29 2
RCMP External Review Committee $15,519.62 20 2
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety $13,066.75 9 2
Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario $4,107.92 5 3


Top Spenders Overall 2003-Present

Member Name Department Title Total Amount Number of Expenses
David Butler-Jones Public Health Agency of Canada Chief Public Health Officer $958,061.71 372
Gary Lunn Canadian Heritage Minister of State (Sport) $611,425.19 181
Julie Dickson Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Office of the Superintendent (As of July 4, 2007; Acting October 14, 2006 - July 3, 2007) $593,644.10 367
Monique Collette Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency President $570,458.73 607
Joseph Caron Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada High Commissioner, India (New Delhi) $562,462.58 1121
Paul Mills Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Vice-President, Newfoundland and Labrador $553,986.52 198
Marc Lortie Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Ambassador, France (Paris) $546,183.54 552
Steve Verheul Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Chief Trade Negotiator, Canada-European Union $517,949.63 71
Peter Gordon MacKay National Defence Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway $516,191.89 273
David Bevan Fisheries and Oceans Canada Assistant Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Aquaculture Management $505,478.35 166

Top Spenders For Each Year

2009

Member Name Department Title Total Amount Number of Expenses
David Butler-Jones Public Health Agency of Canada Chief Public Health Officer $209,751.32 63
Stockwell Day Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Minister of International Trade until January 18 2010 $190,532.36 59
W.J. Natynczyk National Defence Chief of the Defence Staff $190,101.73 91
Gary Lunn Canadian Heritage Minister of State (Sport) $164,069.49 48
Lawrence Cannon Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Minister of Foreign Affairs $157,208.74 37
John McNee Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations $155,203.62 158
Julie Dickson Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Office of the Superintendent (As of July 4, 2007; Acting October 14, 2006 - July 3, 2007) $140,958.66 59
Alain Beaudet Canadian Institutes of Health Research President $138,795.22 80
Gerry Ritz Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Minister $137,145.00 26
Jim Prentice Environment Canada Minister $136,292.98 48

2008

Member Name Department Title Total Amount Number of Expenses
Marc Lortie Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Ambassador, France (Paris) $192,541.79 150
Michel Gauthier National Defence Commander CEFCOM $192,418.71 76
David Butler-Jones Public Health Agency of Canada Chief Public Health Officer $192,198.16 69
Steve Verheul Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Assistant Deputy Minister, International Trade Agreements and Negotiations $160,616.47 16
Loyola Sullivan Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Ambassador for Fisheries Conservation until January 22, 2010 $151,948.29 20
Gary Lunn Canadian Heritage Minister of State (Sport) $150,021.21 43
Peter Gordon MacKay National Defence Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway eff 30 Oct 08 $148,485.12 63
Suzanne Tining Veterans Affairs Canada Deputy Minister $147,653.33 63
Stockwell Day Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Minister of International Trade until January 18 2010 $127,141.34 44
James Flaherty Finance Canada, Department of Minister of Finance $119,888.32 64

2007

Member Name Department Title Total Amount Number of Expenses
Gary Lunn Natural Resources Canada Minister, Natural Resources Canada $170,879.07 47
H.M. Petras National Defence Chief of Reserves and Cadets $162,739.25 51
Steve Verheul Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade Negotiations $159,267.40 17
Peter Gordon MacKay National Defence Minister of National Defence and Minister of Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency $148,587.69 64
David Butler-Jones Public Health Agency of Canada Chief Public Health Officer $148,037.07 53
Joseph Caron Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Ambassador, Japan (Tokyo) - until August 2008 $125,049.65 218
Yvon Long Privy Council Office Senior Media Advance $124,714.05 41
David L. Emerson Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics - until June 2008 $121,920.70 23
Michael Wilson Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Ambassador, United States (Washington, D.C.) until October 2009 $121,909.22 143
Sylvie Stachenko Public Health Agency of Canada Deputy Chief Public Health Officer, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch $119,797.71 21

2006

Member Name Department Title Total Amount Number of Expenses
David Butler-Jones Public Health Agency of Canada Chief Public Health Officer $161,099.96 67
Mark Carney Finance Canada, Department of Senior Associate Deputy Minister $148,630.90 35
Steve Verheul Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade Negotiations $143,622.97 16
Joseph Caron Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Ambassador, Japan (Tokyo) - until August 2008 $140,393.90 254
Peter Gordon MacKay Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency $129,189.71 69
Claude Laverdure Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Ambassador, France (Paris) $129,138.62 111
David Malone Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada High Commissioner, India (New Delhi) - until August 2008 $125,285.88 64
V. Peter Harder Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Deputy Minister (until March, 2007) $124,613.02 121
Michael Wilson Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Ambassador, United States (Washington, D.C.) until October 2009 $115,834.70 126
H.M. Petras National Defence Chief of Reserves and Cadets $114,412.10 41

2005

Member Name Department Title Total Amount Number of Expenses
David Butler-Jones Public Health Agency of Canada Chief Public Health Officer $176,917.50 94
David Malone Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada High Commissioner, India (New Delhi) - until August 2008 $174,857.36 73
Stéphane Dion Environment Canada Minister $153,171.86 107
Norine Smith Environment Canada Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Climate Affairs $146,723.85 34
Arthur Carty Privy Council Office National Science Advisor $135,136.72 117
John Watson Privy Council Office Head - Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat $133,495.82 189
Gavin Menzies Privy Council Office Special Assistant - Tour $123,173.46 30
Jacques Bilodeau Environment Canada Ambassador $121,997.07 14
Sayla Nordin Privy Council Office Special Assistant - Tour $121,044.16 69
Paul Gully Public Health Agency of Canada Deputy Chief Public Health Officer $118,711.37 35

2004

Member Name Department Title Total Amount Number of Expenses
Claude Laverdure Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Ambassador, France (Paris) $163,175.36 113
Michael Raymont National Research Council Canada Vice-President Technology and Industry Support $135,610.47 60
Gavin Menzies Privy Council Office Special Assistant - Tour $132,027.96 20
Alphée Moreau Privy Council Office Senior Media Advance Officer $125,217.36 43
Sayla Nordin Privy Council Office Special Assistant - Tour $120,098.43 58
Lou McGuire Natural Resources Canada Chief of Staff, Minister's Office $118,491.13 144
John Watson Privy Council Office Head - Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat $117,138.57 177
Robert R. Fowler Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Ambassador, Italy (Rome), Personal Representative of the Prime Minister for Africa, Permanent Representative of Canada to the UN Food Agencies in Rome, Head of the PM's Special Advisory Team on Sudan $114,284.16 57
Nick Le Pan Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Office of the Superintendent (until October 13 , 2006) $110,402.86 100
Howard Brown Natural Resources Canada Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Policy Sector (EPS) $110,070.83 90



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