HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO
B E T W E E N:
Lydia Chan
Applicant
-and-
Windsor Police Service
Respondent
AND B E T W E E N:
Ryan Thompson
Applicant
-and-
Windsor Police Service and Victor Sobieraj
Respondents
AND B E T W E E N:
Brandon Thompson
Applicant
-and-
Windsor Police Service
Respondent
AND B E T W E E N:
Yared Bogale
Applicant
-and-
Windsor Police Service and Nathan Paker
Respondents
INTERIM DECISION
Adjudicator: Kaye Joachim
Indexed as: Chan v. Windsor Police Service ___________________________________________________________________________
[1] These are four Applications filed May 20, 2009 under section 53(5) of Part VI of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended (the “Code”).
[2] The Tribunal’s Rules for Applications under section 53(3) and section 53(5) of the Code are to be interpreted and applied in a way that ensures a fair, just and highly expeditious process for the determination of these Applications.
3These Applications involve similar facts and appear to raise similar legal issues. Accordingly, I find, pursuant to Rules 1.1, 4.1 and 4.3 (m), that in order to ensure a fair, just and highly expeditious process for their resolution, these Applications should proceed together.
4I note that the respondent in TR-0344-09 has objected to that Application being processed with the other Applications as the events concerning Brandon Thompson occurred somewhat earlier in the evening than the events at issue in the other Applications. However, I am satisfied that the similarity in the factual situations warrants including TR-0344-09 with the other Applications.
5To assist in scheduling the mediation expeditiously, all parties are requested to provide, within ten days from the date of this Interim Decision, a list of available dates for mediation in November 2009.
[6] I am not seized of these matters.
Dated at Toronto, this 3^rd^ day of September, 2009.
“Signed by”
Kaye Joachim
Alternate Chair