Date: 20110718

Docket: T-1103-11

Citation: 2011 FC 896

 

[OFFICIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION]

Montreal, Quebec, July 18, 2011

PRESENT: The Honourable Mr. Justice Harrington 

 

BETWEEN:

 

	THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL REVENUE
		Applicant
	and
MUNICIPALITÉ D’ALMA MUNICIPALITÉ DE L’ANCIENNE-LORETTE MUNICIPALITÉ DE L’ANGE-GARDIEN MUNICIPALITÉ DE BAIE-COMEAU MUNICIPALITÉ DE BOISCHATEL MUNICIPALITÉ DE CHÂTEAU-RICHER MUNICIPALITÉ DE LAC-BEAUPORT MUNICIPALITÉ DE LAC-DELAGE MUNICIPALITÉ DE LÉVIS MUNICIPALITÉ DE QUÉBEC MUNICIPALITÉ DE RIMOUSKI MUNICIPALITÉ DE SAGUENAY MUNICIPALITÉ DE SAINT-AUGUSTIN-DE-DESMAURES MUNICIPALITÉ DE SAINT-CHARLES-DE-BELLECHASSE MUNICIPALITÉ DE SAINT-GABRIEL-DE-VALCARTIER MUNICIPALITÉ DE SAINT-GEORGES MUNICIPALITÉ DE SAINT-HENRI MUNICIPALITÉ DE SAINT-LAMBERT-DE-LAUZON MUNICIPALITÉ DE SAINT-LAURENT-DE-L’ÎLE-D’ORLÉANS MUNICIPALITÉ DE SAINT-PIERRE-DE-L’ÎLE-D’ORLÉANS MUNICIPALITÉ DE SAINTE-BRIGITTE-DE-LAVAL MUNICIPALITÉ DE SAINTE-PÉTRONILLE-DE-L’ÎLE-D’ORLÉANS MUNICIPALITÉ DE SEPT-ÎLES MUNICIPALITÉ DE SHANNON MUNICIPALITÉ DE STONEHAM-ET-TEWKESBURY MUNICIPALITÉ DE THETFORD MINES
		Respondents

 

ORDER

 

            UPON READING the solemn affirmation of Martine Giguère and upon reading the application of the Minister of National Revenue ("the Minister") and her submissions;

 

            WHEREAS the Minister is asking the Court to be authorized to serve or cause to be served a notice of requirement to provide information and documents relating to unnamed persons;

 

            WHEREAS those persons are ascertainable or constitute a group that is ascertainable;

 

            WHEREAS the requirement to provide information or documents is made to verify compliance by the person or persons in the group with any duty or obligation under the  Income Tax Act, RSC, 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.) ("the ITA");

 

            WHEREAS the information and documents are required for a purpose related to the administration or enforcement of the ITA;

 

            IN VIEW also of the case law, in particular of the order rendered by Justice Bédard on June 14, 2011 in Ministre du revenu national c Ville d’Asbestos et al. (T-906-11);

 

            THIS COURT:

            ALLOWS the application of the Minister in accordance with the provisions of paras. 231.2(2) and (3) of the ITA;

 

            AUTHORIZES the Minister to file with the Court a motion under para. 231.2(3) of the ITA, upon an ex parte application, which includes a notice of an ex parte application comprised of a solemn affirmation and Exhibit A, a Memorandum of Fact and Law, a draft order and a draft notice to the Respondent;

 

IN ADDITION, THIS COURT ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:

 

1.              The Minister will be exempted from the requirements of Rules 301 and 304 and ss. of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98–106, and is authorized to file an ex parte application to be determined in a summary way;

 

2.              The Minister is authorized to serve or cause to be served to every Respondent the notice provided for by para. 231.2(1) of the ITA that relates to it and that is appended to the solemn affirmation of Martine Giguère as Exhibit A (peremptory requirement to provide information);

 

3.              The Minister shall serve on every Respondent, personally or by registered or certified mail and at the same time, this order, the peremptory requirement to provide information, a copy of section 231.2 of the ITA, and a notice to the Respondent, in the following form :

"NOTICE

TO :          Addressee

     Address

     City (Quebec) Postal code

TAKE NOTICE that a legal proceeding has been commenced against you by Her Majesty in Right of Canada, who has filed an ex parte application with a judge of the Federal Court for an authorization in accordance with para. 231.2(3) of the Income Tax Act, requiring you to provide information and documents relating to unnamed third parties described in the peremptory requirement to provide information and documents relating to unnamed persons appended to this notice.

 

The authorization appended to this notice was granted against you in the Federal Court case whose docket number is: T–1103-11.

 

Should you wish to ask for a review of said authorization, you may do so by applying to a judge of the Federal Court.

 

Any application to review this authorization requiring the provision of information and documents relating to unnamed third parties must be filed within fifteen (15) days after this authorization is served on you. 

 

Copies of the Federal Courts Rules, as well as information concerning the local offices of the Court and other necessary information may be obtained on request to the Administrator of this Court at Ottawa (telephone 613-992-4238) or at Montreal (telephone 514–283–4820) or at any local office."

 

4.             The Registry shall not be required to serve this order, notwithstanding Rule 395 of the Federal Courts Rules.

THE WHOLE WITHOUT COSTS.

 

 

« Sean Harrington »

Certified true translation

François Brunet, Revisor