Order: In the Matter of Cormark Securities Inc. et al.

IN THE MATTER OF
CORMARK SECURITIES INC., WILLIAM JEFFREY KENNEDY,
MARC JUDAH BISTRICER, and SALINE INVESTMENTS LTD.

File No. 2022-24

June 28, 2023

ORDER

WHEREAS on June 28, 2023, the Capital Markets Tribunal held a hearing by videoconference;

ON HEARING the submissions of the representatives for Staff of the Ontario Securities Commission and for each of the respondents;

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

1. by no later than 4:30 p.m. on July 19, 2023, the parties shall provide the Registrar with either an agreed upon schedule or their respective submissions on the appropriate schedule and mode of hearing for each day required for the hearing on the merits;
2. the parties shall disclose any expert evidence according to the following schedule:
   1. the respondents shall serve all parties with any expert report(s) by no later than September 15, 2023;   
   2. Staff shall serve any expert response report(s) by no later than    November 3, 2023;
   3. the respondents shall serve all parties with any expert reply report(s) by no later than December 1, 2023; 
3. by no later than January 19, 2024, each party shall serve the 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;
4. by 4:30 p.m. on January 24, 2024, each party shall provide to the Registrar a completed copy of the E-Hearing Checklist;
5. an attendance shall take place on January 31, 2024 at 10:00 a.m., by videoconference, or on such other date and time as may be agreed to by the parties and set by the Governance & Tribunal Secretariat; and
6. by 4:30 p.m. on March 15, 2024, 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.