Throughout 2022-23, hearings continued to be offered through an electronic format. These hearings are accessible through a secure Zoom platform and facilitated by the HRAP Secretariat. Virtual training is available through the Secretariat to all participants in the electronic hearing process.
This year was the first one since 2020 wherein no racing dates were lost due to COVID-19 mitigation measures.
The HRAP received a total of fifty-four (54) Notices of Appeal and heard a total of forty-seven (47) virtual hearings (and one (1) in-person on an accommodation basis) with seventeen (17) additional matters, totaling sixty-four (64) electronic hearings for the fiscal year. This number does not include contested Motions or pre-hearing conferences. In doing so, the HRAP continued to operate without any backlog of cases. In the “A” hearings stream, which are usually complex cases with significant consequences, regular pre-hearing conferences have helped shorten the hearing process. The type “B” hearings are the less complex cases and the average filing time from appeal to hearing for this fiscal year was 67 days (down from 96 days in 2019–20).