The applicant sought a review of an IIROC hearing panel decision that ordered his merits hearing to proceed electronically by videoconference due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The applicant argued that IIROC lacked jurisdiction to change the hearing mode over his objection and that the IIROC Rules entitled him to an in-person oral hearing.
The Ontario Securities Commission upheld the IIROC decision, finding that the IIROC Rules permit a hearing panel to choose the hearing mode and that a videoconference hearing satisfies a respondent's entitlement to attend and be heard 'in person'.
