Order: In the Matter of HEIR Home Equity Investment Rewards Inc., et al.

IN THE MATTER OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5 AS AMENDED

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IN THE MATTER OF HEIR HOME EQUITY INVESTMENT REWARDS INC.; FFI
FIRST FRUIT INVESTMENTS INC.; WEALTH BUILDING MORTGAGES INC.;
ARCHIBALD ROBERTSON; ERIC DESCHAMPS; CANYON ACQUISITIONS, LLC;
CANYON ACQUISITIONS INTERNATIONAL, LLC; BRENT BORLAND; WAYNE D.
ROBBINS; MARCO CARUSO; PLACENCIA ESTATES DEVELOPMENT, LTD.;
COPAL RESORT DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC; RENDEZVOUS ISLAND, LTD.;
THE PLACENCIA MARINA, LTD.; AND THE PLACENCIA HOTEL AND
RESIDENCES LTD.

ORDER
(Sections 127 (1) and 127.1)

    WHEREAS on March 29, 2011, the Ontario Securities Commission (the “Commission”) issued a Notice of Hearing pursuant to sections 127 and 127.1 of the Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, as amended in connection with a Statement of Allegations filed by Staff of the Commission (“Staff”) on March 29, 2011 in respect of HEIR Home Equity Investment Rewards Inc., FFI First Fruit Investments Inc., Wealth Building Mortgages Inc., Archibald Robertson, Eric Deschamps (collectively the “HEIR Respondents”) and Canyon Acquisitions, LLC, Canyon Acquisitions International, LLC, Brent Borland, Wayne D. Robbins, Marco Caruso, Placencia Estates Development, Ltd., Copal Resort Development Group, LLC, Rendezvous Island, Ltd., The Placencia Marina, Ltd. and The Placencia Hotel and Residences Ltd. (collectively the “Canyon Respondents”);

    AND WHEREAS the Respondents were served with the Notice of Hearing and Statement of Allegations on March 29 and 30, 2011 and April 5, 2011;

    AND WHEREAS the Notice of Hearing provided that a hearing would be held at the offices of the Commission on April 27, 2011;

    AND WHEREAS counsel for the Canyon Respondents wished to attend the hearing but was not available on April 27, 2011;

    AND WHEREAS, on consent of all the parties, on April 20, 2011, the Commission ordered that the hearing scheduled to commence on April 27, 2011 be rescheduled to commence on May 17, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the hearing can be held;

    AND WHEREAS on May 17, 2011, a first appearance on this matter was held before the Commission, at which Staff attended, counsel from Borden Ladner Gervais LLP attended on behalf of all of the HEIR Respondents, and counsel from Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP attended on behalf of all of the Canyon Respondents, and at that first attendance, Staff submitted that the hearing on the merits should be scheduled at a future pre-hearing conference or at a subsequent attendance;

    AND WHEREAS, on May 17, 2011, the Commission ordered that the hearing be adjourned to June 28, 2011 at 10:00 a.m., or to such other date as may be agreed to by the parties and fixed by the Office of the Secretary, for the purpose of addressing scheduling and any other procedural matters or for such other purposes as may be requested;

    AND WHEREAS on June 28, 2011, Staff and counsel for the HEIR Respondents attended, and Staff advised the Commission that counsel for the Canyon Respondents, while not in attendance, had recently indicated that the Canyon Respondents would likely retain new counsel in the near future to represent them before the Commission;

    AND WHEREAS on June 28, 2011, the Commission ordered that the hearing be adjourned to July 19, 2011 at 2:30 p.m., for the purpose of addressing scheduling and any other procedural matters or for such other purposes as may be requested;

    AND WHEREAS on July 19, 2011, McCarthy Tétrault LLP served a notice that it had been engaged to represent the Canyon Respondents as of that date;

    AND WHEREAS at the attendance before the Commission on July 19, 2011, counsel from McCarthy Tétrault LLP attended on behalf of the Canyon Respondents and confirmed the firm’s engagement;

    AND WHEREAS at the attendance before the Commission on July 19, 2011, counsel made submissions regarding the scheduling of a further status conference or a pre-hearing conference in light of McCarthy Tétrault LLP having been retained that day and the on-going investigation by the Commission;

    AND WHEREAS the Commission is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to make this order;

    IT IS ORDERED that the hearing be adjourned to August 22, 2011 at 10:00 a.m., for the purpose of discussing scheduling and any other procedural matters or for such other purposes as may be appropriate.

    DATED at Toronto this 19^th day of July, 2011.