Fathi Elloumi

The Ontario Securities Commission brought a pre-hearing motion to exclude the proposed expert opinion evidence of three witnesses tendered by the respondents, Emerge Canada Inc. and Lisa Langley.

The Tribunal granted the motion in part, ruling that proposed evidence regarding valuation methodologies, NAV calculation, and the scope of audits was inadmissible because those issues were not raised in the Application for Enforcement Proceeding.

However, the Tribunal dismissed the motion regarding proposed evidence on governance, oversight, and internal controls, finding it premature to exclude such evidence before the merits hearing, and deferred the determination of its admissibility and the experts' qualifications.