Order: In the Matter of Joseph Debus

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IN THE MATTER OF
JOSEPH DEBUS

M. Cecilia Williams, Commissioner and Chair of the Panel

File No. 2019-16

October 1, 2020

ORDER

WHEREAS on September 30, 2020, the Ontario Securities Commission (the Commission) held a hearing by videoconference;

ON HEARING the submissions of the representatives for Joseph Debus (Debus), Staff of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and Staff of the Commission;

IT IS ORDERED that:

  1. by no later than October 16, 2020, Debus shall advise via email to the Registrar, copying all parties, whether
    1. he intends to rely on documents or things not included in the record of the original proceeding that he previously gave notice of intention to rely on and disclosed, and, if so, identify them;
    1. he intends to call any of the witnesses he identified on his witness list and for whom he provided witness summaries, and if so, identify which witnesses he intends to call;
  1. if IIROC or Commission Staff wish to object to Debus relying on documents or things not included in the record of the original proceeding and/or the anticipated evidence of the witnesses Debus intends to call, then that motion shall be heard in writing, and the schedule for the motion shall be as follows,
    1. by no later than November 6, 2020, each moving party shall serve and file a motion, motion record, if any, and a memorandum of fact and law;
    1. by no later than November 13, 2020, Debus shall serve and file responding affidavits, if any, and a responding memorandum of fact and law;
    1. by no later than November 16, 2020, each moving party shall serve and file a reply memorandum of fact and law, if any;
  1. by no later than January 20, 2021, Debus shall serve and file reply written submissions for the Application for Hearing and Review, if any; and
  1. the hearing of the Application for Hearing and Review will be held by videoconference on January 27, 2021 and shall continue on January 28, 2021, commencing at 10:00 a.m. on each scheduled day, or on such other dates or times as may be agreed to by the parties and set by the Office of the Secretary. These dates are peremptory on Mr. Debus.

 

" M. Cecilia Williams "
M. Cecilia Williams