HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO
B E T W E E N:
John Hart
Applicant
-and-
Labbe Media Inc., Rick Labbe and Kerry Lee Labbe
Respondents
DECISION
Adjudicator: Kathleen Martin
Indexed as: Hart v. Labbe Media
APPEARANCES BY
John Hart, Applicant ) No one appearing
Labbe Media Inc., Rick Labbe and ) Rick Labbe and Kerry Lee Labbe
Kerry Lee Labbe, Respondents )
1This is an Application filed on February 17, 2010, under section 34 of Part IV of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended (the “Code”).
2On June 10, 2010, the Tribunal issued a Case Assessment Direction scheduling a one hour conference call for the purpose of hearing submissions on whether or not the Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear the Application.
3On August 18, 2010, the conference call hearing commenced at 9:30 a.m. The applicant did not appear but the respondents were in attendance. The Tribunal waited for one-half hour, received submissions from the respondents and then dismissed the Application. The following are my reasons.
4I am satisfied that the applicant received notice of the conference call hearing. On July 26, 2010, Tribunal staff emailed the parties indicating that, based on the parties’ mutual availability, the conference call would take place on August 18, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. and that confirmation of this information would follow by mail. A Notice of Conference Call was subsequently mailed on August 9, 2010. Both the email and Notice of Conference Call were sent to the applicant at the email address and municipal address provided by the applicant. The Tribunal has previously corresponded with the applicant at the email and address used. Neither the email nor correspondence scheduling the conference call was returned.
5Further, the Tribunal received no request to adjourn the conference call.
6Having regard to the above and the respondents’ submissions, the Application is dismissed as abandoned.
Dated at Toronto this 20^th^ day of August, 2010.
“Signed by”
Kathleen Martin
Vice-chair