Court File No.: CV-16-11424-00CL
ONTARIO
SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
B E T W E E N:
EMMANUEL VILLAGE RESIDENCE INC.
Applicant
Applicant
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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO
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1250 WEBER STREET EAST, KITCHENER, ONTARIO OR THE PROCEEDS OF THE
SALE THEREOF (IN REM)
Respondent
MOTION RECORD
OF EMMANUEL VILLAGE RESIDENCE INC.
August 17, 2016
DLA PIPER (CANADA) LLP
Barristers & Solicitors 1 First Canadian Place 100 King Street West, Suite 6000 P.O. Box 367 Toronto ON M5X 1E2
Bruce Darlington (LSUC# 25310K)
[email protected] Tel: Fax:
416-365-3529 416-369-5210
Jennifer A. Whincup (LSUC# 60326W)
[email protected] Tel: Fax:
416-365-3425 416-369-5240
Lawyers for Emmanuel Village Residence Inc.
CAN: 22443870.1
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TO:
THORNTON GROUT FINNIGAN LLP
Suite 3200, 100 Wellington Street West P.O. Box 329, Toronto-Dominion Centre Toronto, ON M5K 1K7
Leanne M. Williams
Tel: 416-304-0060 Fax: 416-304-1313
Asim Iqbal
Tel: 416-304-0595 Fax: 416-304-1313
Lawyers for BDO Canada Limited
AND TO: TORKIN MANES
Barristers and Solicitors 151 Yonge Street, Suite 1500 Toronto ON M5C 2W7
Jeff Simpson
Tel: 416-777-5413 Fax: 1-888-587-9143
Lawyers for HMT Holdings Inc.
AND TO: GOLDMAN SLOAN NASH & HABER LLP
Barristers and Solicitors 480 University Avenue, Suite 1600 Toronto ON M5G 1V2
Brendan Bissell
Tel: 416-597-6489 Fax: 416-597-9922
Lawyers For Sure Mortgage Capital Inc.
CAN: 22443870.1
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AND TO: BENNETT JONES LLP
3400 One First Canadian Place P.O. Box 130 Toronto, Ontario M5X 1A4 Canada
Jonathan Bell
Tel: 416-777-6511 Fax: 416-863-1716
Joseph Blinick
Tel: 416-777-4828 Fax: 416-863-1716
Plaintiffs in Court File No. CV-10-8597-00CL
AND TO: MINISTRY OF NATIONAL REVENUE
c/o Department of Justice Canada Ontario Regional Office The Exchange Tower 130 King Street West Suite 3400, Box 36 Toronto, ON M5X 1K6
Diane Winters / Peter Zevenhuizen
[email protected] [email protected]
Tel: 416-973-3172 Fax: 416-973-0810
Lawyers for Canada Revenue Agency
CAN: 22443870.1
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AND TO: MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Civil Law Division Civil Remedies for Illicit Activities Office (CRIA) 720 Bay Street 8th Floor Toronto, ON M7A 2S9
Gary Valiquette (LSUC#34925M)
Tel: 416-214-5881 Fax: 416-314-3714
Jennifer Malabar (LSUC#49358M)
Tel: 416-327-2932 Fax: 416-314-3714
Ronald Carr (LSUC#13341F)
Tel: 416-326-2704 Fax: 416-326-4181
Counsel for the Attorney General of Ontario
AND TO: MINISTRY OF FINANCE
Legal Services Branch 6th Floor, 33 King Street West Oshawa ON L1H 8H5
KEVIN O'HARA
Tel: 905-433-6934 Fax: 905-436-4510
AND TO: RETIREMENT HOMES REGULATORY AUTHORITY
Office of the Registrar 160 Eglinton Avenue East, Fifth Floor Toronto, ON M4P 3B5
Heather Hogan
Tel: 416-487-1223 Fax: 416-440-3570
CAN: 22443870.1
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AND TO: KRONIS, ROTSZTAIN, MARGLES, CAPPEL LLP
Barristers and Solicitors 25 Sheppard Avenue West, Suite 1100 Toronto ON M2N 6S6
Onofrio Ferlisi
Tel: 416-225-8750x262 Fax: 416-225-7214
Lawyers For Bank Of Nova Scotia Secured Party
AND TO: RCAP LEASING INC.
5575 North Service Road, Suite 300 Burlington, ON L7L 6M1
Secured Party
CAN: 22443870.1
Court File No.: CV-16-11424-00CL
ONTARIO
SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
B E T W E E N:
EMMANUEL VILLAGE RESIDENCE INC.
Applicant
Applicant
- and -
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO
- and -
1250 WEBER STREET EAST, KITCHENER, ONTARIO OR THE PROCEEDS OF THE
SALE THEREOF (IN REM)
Respondent
INDEX
1. 2.
Notice of Motion returnable August 19, 2016 Affidavit of Judith Ann Hunking, sworn August 17, 2016 AB
Order of Justice Penny, dated June 24, 2016 Template Right to Occupy Agreement
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- Affidavit of Alexis Natasha Laura Radojcic, sworn August 17, 2016
ABCDEF
Property Register Search of EVR Property Property Register Search of EVH Property Order of Justice Penny, dated June 24, 2016 Order of Justice Sloan, dated June 16, 2016 Order of Justice Broad, dated June 23, 2016 Order of Justice Hainey dated July 15, 2016
CAN: 22443870.1
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GHI
Order of Justice Newbould dated July 22, 2016 Order of Justice Conway dated July 22, 2016 in the Kitchener Application Order of Justice Conway dated July 22, 2016 in the Toronto Application
- Order of Justice Pattillo, dated July 27, 2016
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KL
Parcel Instrument Number WR53031 Parcel Instrument Number WR608571
MN
Parcel Instrument Number WR608873 Order of Master T.R. Hawkins dated May 8, 2012
4. 5.
Affidavit of Tim McGowan, sworn August 17, 2016 Draft Order
CAN: 22443870.1
TAB 1
Court File No.: CV-16-11424-00CL
ONTARIO
SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
B E T W E E N:
EMMANUEL VILLAGE RESIDENCE INC.
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Applicant Applicant
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO
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1250 WEBER STREET EAST, KITCHENER, ONTARIO OR THE PROCEEDS OF THE
SALE THEREOF (IN REM)
Respondent
NOTICE OF MOTION
OF EMMANUEL VILLAGE RESIDENCE INC.
Emmanuel Village Residence Inc. (“EVR”) will make a Motion to the court on
August 19, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. or as soon after that time as the Motion can be heard at the court house, 330 University Avenue, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1R7.
PROPOSED METHOD OF HEARING: The Motion is to be heard orally.
THE MOTION IS FOR:
- 1.
- An order:
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(a)
(b) if necessary, abridging the time for service and filing of this notice of motion and the motion record and dispensing with further service thereof;
appointing a representative of the EVH Residents (as defined below) for the limited scope and purpose of representing the interests of the EVH Residents in the sale of EVR, which is the subject of an approval and vesting motion scheduled for August 31, 2016;
(c)
(d) appointing Oldfield, Greaves, D’Agostino as representative counsel to the EVH Residents in these proceedings; and
varying the Order of Justice Pattillo, dated July 27, 2016 (the “Preservation Order”), to permit the Order of Master T. R. Hawkins, dated May 18, 2012 in Court File No. 04-CV-271509 CM3 (the “CPL Discharge Order”), to be registered on title to the property described in Schedule “A” (the “Property”) and deleting instruments WR608571 and WR608873 from title to the Property in accordance with the CPL Discharge Order; and
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- Such further and other relief as to this Honourable Court may seem just.
THE GROUNDS FOR THE MOTION ARE: Procedural Background
- (a)
- EVR is the owner and operator of Emmanuel Village in Kitchener, Ontario.
Emmanuel Village is a retirement community that houses between 110 and 130 residents and employs approximately 50 individuals.
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- (b)
- EVR operates on the Property, which is municipally known as 1250 Weber
Street East, in Kitchener, Ontario. There are two additional parcels that share the same municipal address (the “EVH Property”) but are owned by a separate legal entity, Emmanuel Village Homes (Kitchener) Inc. (“EVH”).
- (c)
- On or about June 10, 2016, EVR commenced an application to appoint a
receiver for the limited purpose of completing a going concern sale of EVR’s business and the assets, undertaking and property used in relation to the Business, including all proceeds thereof (collectively, the “Business”) to a purchaser who is licensed to carry on the Business as a retirement home at the Commercial List in Toronto under Court File No.: CV-16-11424-00CL (the “Toronto Application”).
(d)
(e)
On or about the same date, the AGO commenced an application in Kitchener, Ontario under Court File No.: C-636-16 (the “Kitchener Application”) for the civil forfeiture of the Property.
The Kitchener Application and Toronto Application were consolidated by the orders of Justice Conway dated July 22, 2016, in each of the Kitchener Application and the Toronto Application, to proceed as a single application on the Commercial List (the “Consolidated Application”).
The Receivership
(f) On or about June 24, 2016, EVR obtained an order appointing BDO
Canada Limited (“BDO”) as Receiver for the limited purpose of, among other things, completing a going concern sale of EVR’s Business to a
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- (g)
- The Appointment Order empowers the Receiver to, among other things:
(i)
to sell, convey, transfer, lease or assign the Property or any part or parts thereof whether within or out of the ordinary course of business, and in such case notice under subsection 63(4) of the Ontario Personal Property Security Act, or section 31 of the Ontario Mortgages Act, as the case may be, shall not be required, and in each case the Ontario Bulk Sales Act shall not apply;
(ii)
to apply for an order of this Court approving the sale of the Property or any part thereof (the "Sale Approval Motion") which motion shall include, among other things, the approval of the Court to complete the sale; and
(iii) to apply for any vesting order or other orders necessary to convey the Property or any part or parts thereof to a purchaser or purchasers thereof, free and clear of any liens or encumbrances affecting such Property;
- (h)
- On or about Friday, August 12, 2016, EVR entered into an agreement of
purchase and sale to sell substantially all of its assets to the Purchaser (the “Sale”), subject to Court approval, which is currently scheduled to be heard on August 31, 2016.
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The EVH Residents
- (i)
- EVH owns and operates a series of life-lease townhomes on the EVH
Property.
- (j)
- Residents of the life-lease townhomes (“EVH Residents”) have entered
into a Right to Occupy Agreement with EVH (the “EVH Agreement”). The terms of the EVH Agreement include the option to pay on a monthly basis an amenity fee in consideration of receiving some or all of the services offered by EVR (the “Amenity Option”).
(k)
(l)
To date, no EVH Residents have exercised the Amenity Option in the EVH Agreement.
Pursuant to the terms of the Sale, the Purchaser requires that the Amenity Option be terminated.
(m) To ensure the interests of the EVH Residents are adequately represented in these proceedings in a cost-effective and timely manner, EVR seeks a motion:
(i)
appointing Nancy Lageer as representative of all of the EVH Residents in these Proceedings, with the scope and purpose of such appointment relating to all matters pertaining to the interests of the EVH Residents in the sale of EVR, which is the subject of a Sale Approval Motion scheduled for August 31, 2016 (the "Purpose"); and
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(ii)
appointing Oldfield, Greaves, D’Agostino as representative counsel with respect to the Purpose
each on the basis as set out in the draft order.
(n) (o) (p) (q)
Section 101(1) of the Courts of Justice Act.
Section 4(1) of the Civil Remedies Act, 2001.
Rules 1.04, 2.03, 3.02, 10.01, 12.07 and 37 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. such further and other grounds as the lawyers may advise.
- 3.
- The following documentary evidence will be used at the hearing of the application:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
The Affidavit of Judith Ann Hunking, sworn August 17, 2016; The Affidavit of Alexis Radojcic, sworn August 17, 2016; The Affidavit of Tim McGowan, sworn August 17, 2016; and such further and other evidence as the lawyers may advise and this Honourable Court may permit.
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August 17, 2016
DLA PIPER (CANADA) LLP
Barristers & Solicitors 1 First Canadian Place 100 King Street West, Suite 6000 P.O. Box 367 Toronto ON M5X 1E2
Bruce Darlington (LSUC# 25310K)
Tel: 416-365-3529 Fax: 416-369-5210
Jennifer A. Whincup (LSUC# 60326W)
Tel: 416-365-3425 Fax: 416-369-5240
Lawyers for Emmanuel Village Residence Inc.
TO:
Attached Service List
TO:
THORNTON GROUT FINNIGAN LLP
Suite 3200, 100 Wellington Street West P.O. Box 329, Toronto-Dominion Centre Toronto, ON M5K 1K7
Leanne M. Williams
Tel: 416-304-0060 Fax: 416-304-1313
Asim Iqbal
Tel: 416-304-0595 Fax: 416-304-1313
Lawyers for BDO Canada Limited
AND TO: TORKIN MANES
Barristers and Solicitors 151 Yonge Street, Suite 1500 Toronto ON M5C 2W7
Jeff Simpson
Tel: 416-777-5413 Fax: 1-888-587-9143
Lawyers for HMT Holdings Inc.
AND TO: GOLDMAN SLOAN NASH & HABER LLP
Barristers and Solicitors 480 University Avenue, Suite 1600 Toronto ON M5G 1V2
Brendan Bissell
Tel: 416-597-6489 Fax: 416-597-9922
Lawyers For Sure Mortgage Capital Inc.
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AND TO: BENNETT JONES LLP
3400 One First Canadian Place P.O. Box 130 Toronto, Ontario M5X 1A4 Canada
Jonathan Bell
Tel: 416-777-6511 Fax: 416-863-1716
Joseph Blinick
Tel: 416-777-4828 Fax: 416-863-1716
Plaintiffs in Court File No. CV-10-8597-00CL
AND TO: MINISTRY OF NATIONAL REVENUE
c/o Department of Justice Canada Ontario Regional Office The Exchange Tower 130 King Street West Suite 3400, Box 36 Toronto, ON M5X 1K6
Diane Winters / Peter Zevenhuizen
[email protected] [email protected]
Tel: 416-973-3172 Fax: 416-973-0810
Lawyers for Canada Revenue Agency
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AND TO: MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Civil Law Division Civil Remedies for Illicit Activities Office (CRIA) 720 Bay Street 8th Floor Toronto, ON M7A 2S9
Gary Valiquette (LSUC#34925M)
Tel: 416-214-5881 Fax: 416-314-3714
Jennifer Malabar (LSUC#49358M)
Tel: 416-327-2932 Fax: 416-314-3714
Ronald Carr (LSUC#13341F)
Tel: 416-326-2704 Fax: 416-326-4181
Counsel for the Attorney General of Ontario
AND TO: MINISTRY OF FINANCE
Legal Services Branch 6th Floor, 33 King Street West Oshawa ON L1H 8H5
KEVIN O'HARA
Tel: 905-433-6934 Fax: 905-436-4510
AND TO: RETIREMENT HOMES REGULATORY AUTHORITY
Office of the Registrar 160 Eglinton Avenue East, Fifth Floor Toronto, ON M4P 3B5
Heather Hogan
Tel: 416-487-1223 Fax: 416-440-3570
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AND TO: KRONIS, ROTSZTAIN, MARGLES, CAPPEL LLP
Barristers and Solicitors 25 Sheppard Avenue West, Suite 1100 Toronto ON M2N 6S6
Onofrio Ferlisi
Tel: 416-225-8750x262 Fax: 416-225-7214
Lawyers For Bank Of Nova Scotia Secured Party
AND TO: RCAP LEASING INC.
5575 North Service Road, Suite 300 Burlington, ON L7L 6M1
Secured Party
TAB 2
TAB A