William Boyes v. Ontario Provincial Police, 2012 HRTO 1371

Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario

B E T W E E N:

William Boyes Applicant

-and-

Ontario Provincial Police Respondent

DECISION

Adjudicator: Eric Whist Date: July 11, 2012 Citation: 2012 HRTO 1371 Indexed as: Boyes v. Ontario Provincial Police

WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS

William Boyes, Applicant Self-represented

1This Application is filed under section 34 of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19 as amended (the “Code”). The Application alleges discrimination in the provision of services on the basis of disability, creed, sex, sex solicitation and sexual orientation.

2The Application’s allegations are very difficult to understand. The Application provides a disjointed and indeed cryptic narrative that refers to a number of the applicant’s world views and concerns about being unfairly persecuted. It describes how the applicant has tried to overcome a number of challenges in his life and various issues related to the applicant’s mental health. There are references to events in the applicant’s early life, some contact the applicant has had with the criminal justice system and to the law. The applicant does not provide any narrative or describe any event involving the named respondent or any act of discrimination allegedly committed by the respondent.

3The Tribunal has not yet delivered the Application to the respondent.

4On May 29, 2012 the Tribunal sent a Notice of Intent to Dismiss to the applicant stating that the Application appeared to be outside of the Tribunal’s jurisdiction because it failed to identify any specific act of discrimination within the meaning of the Code allegedly committed by the respondent. On June 28, 2012 the applicant provided his submissions in reply to the Notice of Intent to Dismiss.

5The applicant’s submissions make no reference to any act of discrimination allegedly committed by the respondent. The submissions refer at length to a number of statues including the Code, the Canadian Bill of Rights, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms the British North America Act and the Ontario Mental Health Act. The submissions do indicate that the applicant is concerned about how he has been treated in the criminal justice system because he has been considered to be “mentally ill” although he states he is not mentally ill.

6The Application is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. The applicant has described no incident involving the respondent. The applicant has made no identifiable allegation of discrimination against the respondent.

7I have considered that the applicant may have difficulty in articulating his allegations and providing particulars. However, this is not a case in which there is a lack of particulars regarding an allegation of discrimination that can, in some measure, be linked to the named respondent. In the absence of such information the Application is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.