Human rights applications dismissed against employer, client, and doctor; hospital accommodation claim proceeds to hearing.
The applicant filed human rights applications alleging discrimination based on race and disability, and reprisal, against his former employer (Andorra), a client of the employer (TCSCC), his former family doctor (Dr. Chiu), and a hospital (Sunnybrook).
The respondents requested that the applications be dismissed at a summary hearing for having no reasonable prospect of success.
The Tribunal dismissed all allegations against Andorra, the TCSCC, and Dr. Chiu, finding no evidence linking their actions to the applicant's disability or race, or establishing an intent to retaliate.
The Tribunal also dismissed the reprisal allegation against Sunnybrook.
However, the Tribunal allowed the allegation that Sunnybrook failed to accommodate the applicant's mental health needs when it forcibly removed him from the hospital to proceed to mediation and a potential merits hearing.