Part 1, Section 37 · Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure

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37Preparatory conference#

The Commission may request the parties to appear prior to a public hearing before one of its members, as defined in section 2 of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act, or any other person designated by the Commission, on a day and at a time and place specified by the Commission, for the purpose of formulating the issues and considering

(a)the simplification of the issues;

(b)the necessity or desirability of amending the application, answer, intervention or reply;

(c)the making of admissions of certain facts, the proof of certain facts by affidavit or the use by a party of matters of public record;

(d)the procedure to be followed at the hearing;

(e)the mutual exchange by the parties of documents and exhibits that the parties intend to submit at the hearing; and

(f)any other matters that might aid in the simplification of the evidence and disposition of the proceedings.

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