Bruce Dunlop

The Ontario Human Rights Commission filed a complaint alleging that the respondents discriminated against single persons by requiring them to provide co-signers for apartment leases.

The Board of Inquiry heard evidence from a human rights officer and the respondent owner.

The Board accepted the owner's testimony that co-signers were only required when there were doubts about a prospective tenant's financial responsibility, regardless of marital status.

Finding no evidence of a discriminatory policy, the Board dismissed the complaint.

The complainant alleged that she was denied a promotion to a managerial position because of her sex.

The Board of Inquiry found that while the complainant had reason to suspect discrimination given the lack of women in management, the employer had expanded the role's duties and the successful male candidate was chosen because he possessed better qualifications and supervisory experience.

The complaint was dismissed.

The complainant was hired as a child care worker by the respondent Catholic Children's Aid Society but was discharged the same day after disclosing he lived in a common-law relationship.

He filed a human rights complaint alleging discrimination based on marital status.

The Board of Inquiry dismissed the complaint, finding that the respondent's objection was to the complainant's lifestyle and sexual morality—specifically, living with a woman who was not his wife—rather than his legal marital status.

As sexual morality was not a prohibited ground of discrimination under the Code, the Board concluded the matter fell outside its jurisdiction and upheld the religious organization's right to apply its own moral standards.