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

January 30, 2023

ORDER

WHEREAS on January 30, 2023, the Capital Markets Tribunal held a hearing by videoconference with respect to disclosure motions brought by David Sharpe and Natasha Sharpe;

ON HEARING the submissions of the representatives for each of David Sharpe, Natasha Sharpe, Staff of the Ontario Securities Commission, and the receiver of Bridging Finance Inc., and Andrew Mushore electing not to participate on the motions, and on reading the materials filed;

IT IS ORDERED that:

1. for reasons to follow, the disclosure motions brought by David Sharpe and Natasha Sharpe are dismissed;
2. each party shall provide to the Registrar a completed copy of the E-hearing Checklist for Videoconference Hearings by 4:30 p.m. on May 19, 2023;
3. each party shall serve each other Party with a hearing brief containing copies of the documents, and identifying the other things, that the party intends to produce or enter as evidence at the merits hearing, by noon on May 25, 2023;
4. a further attendance in this proceeding is scheduled for May 26, 2023, by videoconference, at 10:00 a.m., or on such other date and time as may be agreed to by the parties and set by the Governance & Tribunal Secretariat; and
5. each party shall provide to the Registrar the electronic documents that the party intends to rely on or enter into evidence at the merits hearing, along with an index file containing hyperlinks to the documents in the hearing brief, in accordance with the Protocol for E-hearings, by 4:30 p.m. on June 21, 2023.