Canadian Departmental Audit Committee Remuneration and Expenses

Proactive disclosure from 2017 onward details remuneration and expenses for external departmental audit committee members in Canada. The dataset includes travel expenditures and payments for activities like meeting attendance, preparation, and training. Data is provided by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.

Use Cases

• Analyze travel expenditure patterns across different departments and committee member points of origin.
• Model remuneration earned based on time spent on activities like meeting attendance and preparation.
• Compare expenses for committee Chairs versus members to quantify costs of additional responsibilities like agenda development.
• Track expense variations linked to specific requirements such as onboarding, special meetings, or departmental initiatives.

Strengths

• Data is proactively disclosed under the 2017 Directive on Internal Audit, ensuring a consistent reporting mandate.
• Covers detailed expense categories including travel, meeting attendance, preparation time, and training.
• Distinguishes between regular member expenses and higher expenses expected for committee Chairs.

Limitations

• Unknown data volume (rows, size) prevents assessment of statistical significance.
• Lacks explicit column definitions, requiring schema inference from the description.
• Potential for inconsistent reporting across different departments subject to the directive.

Provenance

Source

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Collection Method

Proactive disclosure by departments subject to the 2017 Directive on Internal Audit.

Time Range

From 2017 onward

Freshness

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Geography

Canada