Affidavits are annoying and producers have to deal with them and, normally, meet lawyers or notaries public to get them commissioned. Then, COVID-19 changed all of that.

Find Avnish Nanda at http://www.nandalaw.ca/ and https://twitter.com/avnishnanda 

Notaries and Commissioners Act, SA 2013, c N-5.5, <http://canlii.ca/t/53rgs> 

Commissioners for Oaths Act, RSA 2000, c C-20, <http://canlii.ca/t/kc28> (REPEALED) 

Alberta Ministerial Orders regarding virtual commissioning: https://open.alberta.ca/publications/ministerial-order-008-2020-service-alberta 

https://open.alberta.ca/publications/ministerial-order-29-2020-jsg 

Ontario Commissioners for Taking Affidavits Act, RSO 1990, c C.17, <http://canlii.ca/t/51xqd> 

Law Society of Ontario’s messaging on virtual commissioning: https://lso.ca/covid-19-response/faqs/practice-management#can-a-lawyer-or-paralegal-use-virtual-commissioning-in-the-context-of-covid-19--5 

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