name: Chopra v. Canada (Department of National Health and Welfare)
unofficial_text: Chopra v. Canada (Department of National Health and Welfare)
  Collection
  Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
  Date
  2003-03-17
  Neutral citation
  2003 CHRT 14
  File number(s)
  T492/0998
  Decision-maker(s)
  Hadjis, Athanasios
  Decision type
  Ruling
  Decision Content
  Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
  CANADA
  Tribunal canadien des droits de la personne
  BETWEEN:
  SHIV CHOPRA
  Complainant
  - and -
  CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
  Commission
  - and -
  DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL HEALTH AND WELFARE
  Respondent
  RULING ON DISCLOSURE
  2003 CHRT 14
  MEMBER: Athanasios Hadjis
  2003/03/17
  [1] Upon request from the Complainant and the Commission for an Order regarding the production of certain information;
  [2] And upon noting the consent of the Respondent, Health Canada, to the production of certain information on the condition that it is included in an order of the Tribunal with certain stipulations, the Tribunal orders as follows:
  The Respondent, Health Canada, shall immediately produce to counsel for the Complainant and the Commission, the names of the individuals who have been identified at Tab 1 of Health Canada’s Disclosure Documents. The names may only be disclosed to the parties and the parties’ expert(s) and may only be used for the purposes of this hearing. The parties, their counsel, and their expert witnesses shall not use these names to contact the individuals. Furthermore, the parties, their counsel and their expert witnesses shall not disclose these names to any other individuals. The expert report of the Complainant or Commission shall be served on the parties no later than March 1, 2003, or five days after the production of the names, whichever is later. The expert report in reply of the Respondent, if any, shall be served on the parties 30 days after receipt of the expert report of the Complainant and Commission, subject to the right of the Respondent to request a further extension if necessary. In the event that there are any difficulties arising out of this Order, the parties may contact the Tribunal to make further submissions.
  Athanasios Hadjis
  OTTAWA, Ontario
  March 17, 2003
  CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL
  COUNSEL OF RECORD
  TRIBUNAL FILE NO.: T492/0998
  STYLE OF CAUSE: Shiv Chopra v. Department of National Health and Welfare
  PLACE OF HEARING: Ottawa, Ontario
  ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL DATED: March 17, 2003
  APPEARANCES:
  David Yazbeck For the Complainant
  Peter Engelmann For the Canadian Human Rights Commission
  David Migicovsky For the Respondent
  