Bruce Cameron

The applicant filed a human rights application alleging discrimination with respect to housing on the basis of race, colour, creed, receipt of public assistance, association, and reprisal.

The Tribunal held a summary hearing to determine if the application had a reasonable prospect of success.

The applicant alleged that the respondent co-operative housing provider failed to properly maintain her unit, charged excessive housing fees, and treated black residents worse than white residents regarding repairs.

The Tribunal found that the applicant failed to point to evidence that could establish a link between the respondent's alleged actions and the prohibited grounds of discrimination.

The application was dismissed as having no reasonable prospect of success.

The appellant appealed a trial judgment dismissing his claims for breach of contract regarding the renovation of 118 bathrooms and for slander.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding no palpable or overriding error in the trial judge's conclusions that no contract existed and that the appellant failed to prove slander.

The complainant and the respondent co-operative housing provider brought a motion to add the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) as a respondent to a human rights complaint alleging discrimination in accommodation based on receipt of public assistance.

CMHC opposed the motion, arguing that as a federal Crown agent exercising the federal spending power, it was immune from provincial human rights legislation.

The Board of Inquiry held that CMHC's status as a Crown agent did not immunize it from the application of provincial law, and that the provision of funding to the co-operative did not bring the matter of accommodation within exclusive federal legislative authority.

The Board found it had jurisdiction over CMHC and the subject matter, and ordered CMHC added as a party respondent.