Order: In the Matter of Bridging Finance Inc. et al.

IN THE MATTER OF
BRIDGING FINANCE INC., DAVID SHARPE, NATASHA SHARPE and
ANDREW MUSHORE

File No. 2022-9

May 1, 2024

ORDER

WHEREAS on May 1, 2024, the Capital Markets Tribunal held a hearing by videoconference to consider a motion brought by Natasha Sharpe to vary the timetable for closing submissions and, in the alternative, a motion brought by Lenczner Slaght LLP to be removed as counsel of record for Natasha Sharpe;

ON READING the materials filed by each of Natasha Sharpe, the Receiver for Bridging Finance Inc. and the Ontario Securities Commission, and on hearing the submissions of the representatives for each of Natasha Sharpe, the Receiver for Bridging Finance Inc., and the Ontario Securities Commission, and no one participating for each of Andrew Mushore and David Sharpe although properly served;

IT IS ORDERED, for reasons to follow, that:

1. Natasha Sharpe’s motion to vary the timetable is dismissed;
2. Lenczner Slaght LLP’s request to be removed as counsel of record is dismissed;
3. all respondents shall each serve and file their written closing submissions by no later than noon on May 15, 2024; and
4. pursuant to s. 2(2) of the Tribunal Adjudicative Records Act, 2019, SO 2019, c 7, Sch 60 and Rule 8(4) of the Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure:
   1. Exhibit 1, the unredacted Motion Record of Natasha Sharpe is confidential; and
   2. Exhibit 2, the redacted Motion Record of Natasha Sharpe is available to the public.