May the Corporation require the claimant or an interested party to come to a designated place and answer questions during its review of the application?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In practice material of this kind, we check the review application and the papers already filed, any notice from the Corporation designating the place and the matter to be discussed, and any note of the appearance and of what was said or submitted there.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the item as a defined power: where the Corporation finds it necessary for its hearing of the review application, and on the claimant's application or on its own initiative, it may designate a place, require the claimant or an interested party to appear, and question that person or have that person state an opinion.
Another reading stresses the condition 'where necessary' and the alternative routes: the appearance is not automatic but rests on the Corporation's finding of necessity, reached either on the claimant's own application or of its own motion, and the provision sets no requirement that the person questioned be told the reason or be allowed to attend with assistance.
Your judgment
If the claimant does not appear at the designated place, how could the file show whether the Corporation still made its decision and on what material?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to add a duty to record what is said or a consequence of non-appearance, or if a decision explains when the Corporation's finding of necessity for such an appearance is required.