HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO
B E T W E E N:
Kelly Smyth
Applicant
-and-
Native Women’s Centre, O.I. Employee Leasing Inc. and Jennifer Talbot
Respondents
INTERIM decision
Adjudicator: Geneviève Debané
Indexed as: Smyth v. Native Women’s Centre
1The applicant filed this Application under section 34 of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended (the “Code”), on April 18, 2011.
2On May 25, 2011, the Tribunal issued a Notice of Application to the respondents in which it directed that a Response to the Application must be filed with the Tribunal not later than June 29, 2011.
3As of the date of this Interim Decision, the respondents have not filed a Response, nor has the Tribunal’s correspondence to them been returned.
4An application to the Tribunal starts a legal proceeding. A finding that a violation of the Code has occurred may lead to various orders, including monetary compensation, other forms of restitution to the applicant, and orders to take action to promote compliance with the Code. Failure to file a response or participate in a Tribunal proceeding may lead to orders against individual and corporate respondents without their participation. The respondents’ attention is drawn to Rule 5.5 of the Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure, which reads as follows:
5.5 Where an Application is delivered to a Respondent who does not respond to the Application, the Tribunal may:
a) deem the Respondent to have accepted all of the allegations in the Application;
b) proceed to deal with the Application without further notice to the Respondent;
c) deem the Respondent to have waived all rights with respect to further notice or participation in the proceeding;
d) decide the matter based only on the material before the Tribunal.
5The applicant has provided an address and fax number for the respondents. The Tribunal shall send a copy of this Interim Decision to the respondents by regular mail and fax.
6If the respondents wish to participate in this proceeding, they shall file Responses with the Tribunal within 10 days of the date of this Interim Decision, together with an explanation of why the Responses were not filed in accordance with the Notice of Application. If no Responses are received, the Tribunal may proceed without further notice to the respondents and may take any or all of the steps set out in Rule 5.5.
7I am not seized of this matter.
Dated at Toronto, this 22nd day of July, 2011.
“Signed by”
Geneviève Debané
Vice-chair