Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2012

27 (1) A party that intends to present evidence must file with the Board six copies or such other number as the Board may specify of the following:

• (a) all documents on which the party intends to rely as evidence, including any documents filed with the application, response or reply, as the case may be, in one or more tabbed books; and

• (b) a list of witnesses expected to be called that includes their names and occupations, along with a summary of the information that is expected to be provided on issues raised in the application, response or reply.

(2) The documents referred to in subsection (1) must be filed

• (a) no later than ten days before the scheduled date of the hearing, in the case of the applicant; or

• (b) no later than eight days before that date, in the case of the respondent and the intervenor.

(3) The documents and information referred to in subsection (1) must be served on all other parties in the applicable time limit as set out in subsection (2).

(4) If a party does not comply with subsection (1), (2) or (3), the Board may refuse to consider any document or hear any witness tendered by the party at the hearing.

(5) The Board may require that the party submit to the Board the written authorities and submissions on which the party intends to rely in advance of the hearing.