Motions to qualify two expert witnesses and to require the Board to pay for a court reporter dismissed.
In an ongoing human rights complaint alleging systemic discrimination and reprisal in employment against the Toronto District School Board, the Commission and the Complainant sought to qualify two expert witnesses to provide opinion evidence on anti-racist education, institutional culture, and anti-black racism.
The Board of Inquiry declined to qualify both proposed experts, finding their evidence was neither relevant nor necessary to determine the specific issues of liability in the employment context.
Additionally, the Complainant brought a motion requesting the Board to provide a court reporter at its own expense for the remainder of the hearing.
The Board dismissed the motion, holding that the Human Rights Code does not require proceedings to be recorded and that the absence of a transcript would not breach the principles of natural justice.
Ontario Human Rights Commission and Francis Omoruyi-Odin v. Toronto District School Board, 2002 CanLII 46518
