HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO
B E T W E E N:
Albert Deloras-Billot, Evonne Deloras-Billot, Michael Deloras-Billot, Thierry Deloras-Billot and Jennifer Deloras-Billot
Applicants
-and-
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario as represented by the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services (Office of the Chief Coroner)
Respondent
DECISION
Adjudicator: Jay Sengupta
Indexed as: Deloras-Billot v. Ontario (Community Safety and Correctional Services)
1This is an Application filed under section 34 of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended, (the “Code”). A hearing into this matter is scheduled to be held on November 14, 2012 in Ottawa.
2The respondent organization filed witness statements and the documents it intended to rely upon at the hearing in accordance with the Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure. The applicants have not filed any witness statements or documents.
3The applicants were alerted to the potential consequences of failing to comply with the Tribunal’s Rules in a Case Assessment Direction (“CAD”), dated October 19, 2012. In that CAD, the applicants were made aware that if they did not comply with the Rules concerning delivery of witness statements and filing of documents, the Application might be dismissed as abandoned.
4The CAD was sent to the address that the Tribunal has on file for the applicants. It has not been returned as undeliverable. I am satisfied that the applicants have received the CAD. The applicants have not contacted the Tribunal in response to the CAD, nor have they served and filed witness statements or documents in accordance with the extended timeline set out in the CAD. The time for them to do so has now passed.
5Accordingly, the Application is dismissed as abandoned.
Dated at Toronto, this 5th day of November, 2010.
“Signed by”
Jay Sengupta
Vice-chair