Summary of expenses for Sylvain Lafrance

Period from January 1st to March 31, 2010

The Executive Vice-President, French Services, is responsible for 4,000 employees located in 20 regional production centres and 27 journalistic offices across Canada, and in the Corporation’s foreign bureaux. In his role, he travels to the regions to meet with staff.

This executive regularly meets with domestic and international industry stakeholders and attends their events at home and abroad. He is a board member of TV5MONDE and Les Radios Francophones Publiques. He also attends meetings of the Communauté des télévisions francophones, which requires foreign travel approximately five times a year for the purpose of discussing best practices with other leading broadcasters.

The Executive Vice-President attends Senior Executive Team meetings five times a year in Toronto, Montréal or Ottawa, and meetings of the Corporation’s Board of Directors six times a year across the country.

Travel Expenses

Date(s) Purpose(s) Cost(s)
03–09/02/2010 Chamonix (France) and Geneva (Switzerland): Radios francophones publiques management meeting and 1er Atelier radiophonique Romand $6,310.25
17–20/02/2010 Quebec City: “Rôles et responsabilités des administrateurs” training at Laval University $938.89
11/3/2010 Toronto: Speech before the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, and management committee meeting $540.39
15–17/03/2010 Ottawa: CBC/Radio-Canada Board of Directors meetings $747.96
21–22/03/2010 Trois-Rivières: Opening of the broadcast centre in Trois-Rivières and meeting with employees $349.80
24–25/03/2010 Trois-Rivières: Speech before the Trois-Rivières Chamber of Commerce $214.84
Total $9,102.13

Duty Entertainment Expenses

Date(s) Event Description(s) Cost(s)
7/1/2010 Dinner meeting with an external client $157.71
19/01/2010 Breakfast meeting with an industry representative $21.37
21/01/2010 Lunch meeting with two industry representatives and the Executive Director of Télévision de Radio-Canada $162.53
Total $341.61
GRAND TOTAL $9,443.74

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