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Competition Tribunal |
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Tribunal de la concurrence |
Registry Doc. No.: 9
Date: August 18, 2025
Matter: CT-2025-002 – Commissioner of Competition v Doordash Inc. and Doordash Technologies Canada, Inc.
Direction to Counsel (from Mr. Justice Gascon, Presiding Member)
Re: Case Management Conference
Parties are directed to attend a virtual Case Management Conference (“CMC”) with the Tribunal on Thursday, August 28, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. ET, by videoconference.
The purpose of the CMC will be to discuss the August 7, 2025, schedule jointly proposed by the parties for the disposition of this application. Among other things, the parties shall be ready to address the following issues:
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The proposed schedule falls outside the 10 to 16 months timeline contemplated in the Tribunal’s Practice Direction Regarding Timelines and Scheduling for Proceedings before the Tribunal (the “Timelines Direction”), with no explanation supporting the proposed departure from the Timelines Direction;
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Unless specific and acceptable justifications can be provided, the Tribunal is of the view that the timetable for this application can and should be compressed, and that a period closer to the mid-way point of the 10 to 16 months range (as opposed to the proposed 17 months) between the filing of the Notice of Application and the commencement of the hearing on the merits would be a reasonable timeline in the circumstances;
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Among the steps that, in the Tribunal’s view, could be compressed in the proposed schedule are:
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oThe timeline to serve affidavits of documents;
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oThe deadline for delivery of any additional productions resulting from any Affidavits of Documents, productions and/or claims of privilege motions;
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oThe deadline for fulfilling answers to discovery undertakings;
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oThe deadline to serve responses to any Requests to Admit;
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oThe time between the filing of any motions related to the evidence and the hearing of such motions.
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In addition, the contemplated time between the end of the evidentiary portion of the hearing and oral argument is too long and should be a maximum of 10 days, in accordance with the Tribunal’s practice.
Parties should be ready to discuss and agree on specific revised dates to be determined for the hearing of the contemplated motions, the evidentiary portion of the hearing, and oral argument.
Parties are also asked to confer and share with the Tribunal Registry any other item(s) they wish to add to the agenda at least 24 hours prior to the CMC.
The Tribunal Registry will provide videoconference information separately.
Sarah Sharp-Smith
Senior Registry Officer
Competition Tribunal
600-90 Sparks, Ottawa ON K1P 5B4