HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO
B E T W E E N:
Bruno Costabile
Applicant
-and-
Ministry of Community and Social Services and the Family Responsibility Office
Respondents
DECISION
Adjudicator: Brian Eyolfson
Indexed as: Costabile v. Ministry of Community & Social Services
1The applicant filed an Application under s. 34 of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended, (the "Code"), on February 23, 2011.
2On April 6, 2011 the Tribunal issued a Notice of Intent to Dismiss the Application ("NOID") on the basis that the Application appears to be outside the Tribunal's jurisdiction. The applicant was directed to respond to the issues raised in the NOID by no later than May 6, 2011. The NOID advised the applicant that failure to respond to the NOID may be considered an abandonment of the Application and it might be dismissed for that reason.
3The applicant has not responded to the NOID and the time for doing so has now passed.
4In the circumstances, the applicant is deemed to have abandoned the Application.
5The Application is dismissed.
Dated at Toronto, this 25^th^ day of May, 2011.
"Signed by"
Brian Eyolfson
Vice-chair