On June 24, 2015, the Applicant served a motion record and book of authorities in support of a motion for an abridgment of time and an expedited hearing of the application for judicial review in respect of the Prime Minister’s refusal to appoint Senators to fill existing vacancies.

The Applicant’s motion is scheduled to be heard at the Federal Court in Vancouver at 701 West Georgia Street (Pacific Centre) on Tuesday, June 30th at 9:30am. Court proceedings are open to the public. For more information, please see the Federal Court Policy on Public and Media Access.

The Applicant’s motion asks the Federal Court to set a hearing date for the application and to abridge time limits for the remaining steps in the proceeding to accommodate a hearing date before the federal election scheduled for October 19, 2015.

A redacted copy of the Applicant’s Motion Record is available for download (14MB) and contains the following materials (can also be downloaded separately):

1. Notice of Motion (261KB)
2. Amended Notice of Application (234KB)
3. Affidavit of Aniz Alani (13MB)
4. Written Representations in support of the motion (211KB)

The Book of Authorities containing case law, Court rules, statutes and other materials to be relied upon by the Applicant in support of the motion is also available for download (2MB).

The Respondents’ responding motion materials are due to be served and filed by Friday, June 26, 2015.