Natalia Pona v. The Hamilton Spectator, 2010 HRTO 598

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Natalia Pona

Applicant

-and-

The Hamilton Spectator

Respondent

DECISION

Adjudicator: Sherry Liang

Date: March 18, 2010

Citation: 2010 HRTO 598

Indexed as: Pona v. The Hamilton Spectator

1This is an Application filed on December 17, 2009, under section 34 of Part IV of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended (the “Code”).

2On February 3, 2010, the Tribunal issued a Notice of Intent to Dismiss to the applicant. It directed the applicant to provide submissions responding to issues raised in the Notice. The Notice advised the applicant that if she did not make submissions by the required time, the Tribunal would make its decision based only on the information in the Application or may consider the failure to respond as an abandonment of the Application.

3The applicant has not provided any submissions and the time for doing so has elapsed.

4In the circumstances, the Tribunal deems the Application abandoned and it is accordingly dismissed.