Information & Ethics committee  Well, since the minister is responsible for the department, the minister would be responsible.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  Professional.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm unaware of that figure.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm unaware of that figure.

Information & Ethics committee  The department receives hundreds of media inquiries...in the last six months, for instance. The minister is very busy. I act on her behalf as her director of communications. I do not inform her of every single media inquiry the department receives.

Information & Ethics committee  I act on the minister's behalf. I don't inform her every single time I make a decision.

Information & Ethics committee  I assume so. I don't recall, though.

Information & Ethics committee  I think every media inquiry the department receives is important; we treat every one as such. And I act on behalf of the minister in my roles and responsibilities as her director of communications to make decisions on media inquiries.

Information & Ethics committee  Correct.

Information & Ethics committee  It would have been 21 days.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  Twenty-one.

Information & Ethics committee  Ninety days.