Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act (S.C. 2023, c. 15, s. 54)

Marginal note:Powers of Board

24 The Board has, in relation to a complaint referred to it by the Commissioner, the power

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  (a) to summon and enforce the attendance of witnesses and compel them to give oral or written evidence on oath and to produce the documents and things that the Board considers necessary, in the same manner and to the same extent as a superior court of record;

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  (b) to administer oaths;

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  (c) to receive, and base a decision on, any evidence adduced that the Board believes to be credible;

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  (d) to compel any person to provide information or produce documents and things that may be relevant to a matter before the Board, after providing the parties with the opportunity to make representations;

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  (e) subject to any limitations prescribed by regulation of the Governor in Council, to enter any premises of a federally regulated private business that is the subject of a complaint and to inspect and view anything found in the premises that may be relevant to the complaint and require any person to answer any question that may be relevant to the complaint;

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  (f) to abridge or extend the time for doing any act, filing any document or presenting any evidence;

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  (g) if the parties agree, to assist the parties in resolving any issues in dispute by any means that the Board considers appropriate, without prejudice to the Board’s power to determine issues that have not been settled;

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  (h) to authorize any person to do anything that the Board may do under paragraphs (a) to (g) and to report to the Board on it;

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  (i) to adjourn or postpone any proceeding from time to time;

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  (j) to defer deciding any matter, if the Board considers that the matter could be resolved by an alternate method of resolution;

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  (k) to amend or permit the amendment of any document filed in connection with the complaint;

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  (l) to add a party at any stage;

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  (m) to permit an interested person to intervene at any stage;

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  (n) to merge complaints that relate to the same situation or subject matter;

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  (o) to decide any matter that may arise in connection with the complaint;

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  (p) to take notice of facts that may be judicially noticed;

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  (q) to take notice of other generally recognized facts and any information that is within the Board’s specialized knowledge, after notifying the parties and any intervenor of its intention to do so and providing them with an opportunity to make representations; and

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  (r) to review, rescind, amend, alter or vary any order or decision made by the Board and to rehear any matter before making a decision with respect to it.