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===Canada=== In Canada, the process is nearly identical to that followed in the United States, but the proceeding is called an examination for discovery.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/examination-for-discovery|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124034805/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/examination-for-discovery|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 24, 2012|title=Examination for Discovery|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|last=Morissette|first=Yves-Marie|access-date=2009-08-16}}</ref> Typically, the questions for the witness will be a mixture of direct questions and cross-examinations on prior statements.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194|url=https://www.canlii.org/en/on/laws/regu/rro-1990-reg-194/latest/rro-1990-reg-194.html#sec31.06subsec1_smooth|website=CanLII|publisher=Lexum|access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref> While most of the same [[List of objections (law)|objections to form]] are applicable as in the United States, the witness's lawyer may additionally take certain questions "under advisement" as a means of delaying answering the question, without making a formal objection.<ref>{{cite web |title="Taking questions under advisement must stop" |last=Robinson |first=Alex |work=Law Times News |date=21 August 2017 |access-date=18 September 2019 |url=https://www.lawtimesnews.com/news/general/taking-questions-under-advisement-must-stop/262672}}</ref> The process is considered in Canada to be time-consuming and expensive when conducted without limits. As a result, Rule 31.05.1 of the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure has, since January 1, 2010, limited examinations for discovery to seven hours per party except with consent of the other parties or the leave of the court.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194|url=https://www.canlii.org/en/on/laws/regu/rro-1990-reg-194/latest/rro-1990-reg-194.html|website=CanLII|publisher=Lexum|access-date=27 December 2017}}</ref> British Columbia implemented similar reforms on July 1, 2010, although the new Rule 7-2(2) can be read in two ways, it appears to be that each party can examine each other party for a maximum of seven hours unless the court orders otherwise.<ref>{{cite web|title=Supreme Court Civil Rules: Part 1 β Interpretation: Rule 1-1 β Interpretation |url=http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/168_2009_01|website=Queen's Printer|publisher=Province of British Columbia|access-date=27 December 2017}}</ref> The alternative reading is that each party is only to be examined for a maximum of seven hours.
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