HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO
B E T W E E N:
Jean-Alexandre De Bousquet
Applicant
-and-
Kijiji Canada
Respondent
INTERIM DECISION
Adjudicator: Geneviève Debané
Date: August 21, 2013
Citation: 2013 HRTO 1435
Indexed as: De Bousquet v. Kijiji Canada
WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS
Jean-Alexandre De Bousquet, Applicant
Self-represented
1This is an Application filed under s. 34 of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended (the "Code"). On July 30, 2013, the Registrar issued a Notice of Intent to Dismiss ("NOID") that stated that it was the Tribunal's intention to dismiss the Application, based on lack of jurisdiction, because the Application did not set out any specific incidents of alleged discrimination that were related to a Code ground.
2On August 4, 2013, the applicant, in response to the NOID, made submissions in which he alleges discrimination on the basis of sex pursuant to section 23 of the Code. Having reviewed these materials it is therefore not plain and obvious that the Application falls outside the Tribunal's jurisdiction and I decline to dismiss it at this stage. This is not a final decision in respect of the Tribunal's jurisdiction over this matter.
3As provided for in Rule 13.5, the Application and the materials in the Tribunal's file will now be delivered to the respondent, together with a Notice of Application requiring a Response within 35 days.
4I am not seized.
Dated at Toronto, this 21st day of August, 2013.
"Signed by"
Geneviève Debané
Vice-chair