Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada

27 (1) Within 30 days after the service of the application for leave to appeal, a respondent or an intervener may respond to the application for leave to appeal by

• (a) serving a response on all other parties; and

• (b) filing with the Registrar the original and five copies of the response.

(2) The response of a respondent shall be bound with green covers and the response of an intervener shall be bound with blue covers, and each response shall consist of the following:

• (a) any affidavits in support of the response;

• (b) a memorandum of argument in accordance with paragraph 25(1)(f), with Parts I to V not exceeding 20 pages in the case of the respondent and five pages in the case of the intervener; and

• (c) the documents that the respondent or intervener intends to rely on, in chronological order, in accordance with subrules 25(3) to (5).