Mr. Speaker, the response is as follows: a) The news release “Statement by Fabian Manning, Senator” was not authored by DFO employees.
b) The news release was not approved or authorized by the department.
c) The department was not billed for the distribution of the news release by Marketwire and no amount was paid by DFO.
d) The department did not transmit or distribute the news release to any parties through any commercial means.
e) The department will not be billed and will not pay for the cost of using Marketwire for the distribution of this news release.
f) The news release was never published on any DFO website.