Ritchy Dube v. CTS Canadian Career College Inc. and Barbara Thibodeau, 2008 HRTO 336

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Ritchy Dube Applicant

-and-

CTS Canadian Career College Inc. and Barbara Thibodeau Respondents

INTERIM DECISION

Adjudicator: Jay Sengupta Date: December 2, 2008 Citation: 2008 HRTO 336 Indexed as: Dube v. Canadian Career College

1The applicant, Ritchy Dube, filed an Application with the Tribunal on July 17, 2008 under section 34 of Part IV of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19 as amended (the “Code”). He claims that he suffered discrimination in the area of employment on the basis of disability, family status, record of offences and that he was subject to reprisal or the threat of reprisal by the respondents.

2The respondents filed a Response on September 10, 2008 denying the allegations. The applicant did not file a Reply.

3This interim decision concerns two Requests for Orders filed by the applicant on October 20, 2008 and October 26, 2008, asking to amend his Application.

4The first Request seeks to amend and expand the relief sought by the applicant quite significantly and contains information that expands upon his reasons for seeking the amendment.

5The second Request seeks to add written submissions containing information from various sources on addiction and disability and what appears to be evidence and argument that the applicant could advance during the course of the hearing.

6The respondents were given 14 days from the dates of delivery of the two Requests to file responding submissions, and have not done so.

7Without determining whether it was strictly necessary for the applicant to seek leave of the Tribunal to amend the Application in order to provide information akin to evidence and argument, the Tribunal grants the Requests. In view of the stage at which these Requests to amend have been made, the nature of the amendments, and the absence of any apparent prejudice, I see no reason to deny the amendments. I order that the Application be amended accordingly. If the respondents wish to file an amended Response as a result of this order, they are directed to do so within 20 days of receipt of this order.

8I am not seized of this matter.