Order: In the Matter of Paramount Equity Financial Corporation et al.

IN THE MATTER OF
PARAMOUNT EQUITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION, SILVERFERN SECURED MORTGAGE FUND, SILVERFERN SECURED MORTGAGE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, GTA PRIVATE CAPITAL INCOME FUND, GTA PRIVATE CAPITAL INCOME LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, SILVERFERN GP INC., TRILOGY MORTGAGE GROUP INC., MARC RUTTENBERG, RONALD BRADLEY BURDON and MATTHEW LAVERTY

Timothy Moseley, Vice-Chair and Chair of the Panel File
Garnet W. Fenn, Commissioner
Heather Zordel, Commissioner

File No. 2019-12

March 23, 2020

ORDER

WHEREAS on March 16, 2020, the Ontario Securities Commission announced that it would not be holding in-person hearings in response to COVID-19;

ON READING submissions of the representatives for Staff of the Commission (Staff), Ronald Bradley Burdon and Matthew Laverty;

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

1. the hearing dates of March 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 30, 2020 are vacated;
2. Staff shall file and serve an affidavit of Leon Dadoun, attaching his expert report, written submissions regarding the qualification of Mr. Dadoun as an expert witness, and affidavits from each of Staff’s remaining witnesses by no later than April 13, 2020;
3. the respondents shall advise Staff and the Registrar, in writing, whether they object to Staff’s proposed qualification of Mr. Dadoun as an expert witness and file written submissions in support of that objection or advise whether they intend to cross-examine Mr. Dadoun by no later than April 27, 2020; and
4. the respondents shall advise Staff and the Registrar, in writing, whether they intend to cross-examine any of Staff’s remaining witnesses by no later than April 27, 2020.