Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
B E T W E E N:
Tarek Ibrahim Applicant
-and-
Hilton Toronto Respondent
Interim Decision
Adjudicator: Ena Chadha Date: June 3, 2013 Citation: 2013 HRTO 981 Indexed as: Ibrahim v. Hilton Toronto
WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS
Tarek Ibrahim, Applicant Self-represented
Hilton Toronto, Respondent Michelle A. Alton, Counsel
1On October 17, 2012, the Tribunal issued an Interim Decision, 2012 HRTO 1972, wherein it determined that this Application should be held in abeyance and the Tribunal would take no further steps in this matter pending the release of the decision on reserve in the applicant’s first Application (2010-05466-I).
2On May 6, 2013, the applicant filed a request to reactivate this Application on the basis that a decision was issued on April 22, 2013 regarding his first Application. The respondent takes no position with respect to this request.
3Given that the Tribunal issued a final decision (2013 HRTO 673) with respect to the applicant’s first Application, I find that it is no longer necessary to hold this matter in abeyance and, therefore, it is appropriate to reactivate this Application.
4During the time that this Application was being held in abeyance, the applicant filed a Request for an Order during Proceedings (“RFOP”) seeking that the Tribunal order an inquiry. The applicant asked that the Tribunal to investigate the circumstances surrounding his termination in order to disprove the respondent’s allegations that he engaged in theft. The respondent filed a response opposing this request and indicated that it will make more fulsome submissions if directed by the Tribunal to do so after reactivation.
5The applicant’s RFOP is denied. A Tribunal ordered inquiry would not be appropriate in the circumstances. A Tribunal ordered inquiry is not a mechanism for a party to bolster its position regarding the strengths or weakness of the other party’s evidence or theory of the case.
ORDER
6The applicant’s request to reactivate this Application is granted. The applicant’s request for a Tribunal ordered inquiry is denied.
7I am not seized of this matter.
Dated at Toronto, this 3^rd^ day of June, 2013.
“Signed by”
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Ena Chadha Vice-chair