Foster v. Ontario (Community and Social Services), 2014 HRTO 1182

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Roger Foster

Applicant

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Ontario Human Rights Commission

Commission

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Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario as represented by the Minister of Community and Social Services

Respondent

DECISION

Adjudicator: Jo-Anne Pickel

Date: August 8, 2014

Citation: 2014 HRTO 1182

Indexed as: Foster v. Ontario (Community and Social Services)

1The Application alleged discrimination because of disability contrary to the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended (the “Code”), in the special diet allowance provided under Ontario’s social assistance system. In a Case Assessment Direction dated June 5, 2014, the applicant was directed to provide material and submissions by July 31, 2014, in support of the remaining claim in the application: that is, in relation to cardiovascular disease. The Case Assessment Direction advised the applicant that if he did not provide these materials, the claim would be dismissed as abandoned.

2The applicant has not filed any materials nor communicated with the Tribunal in any manner about the above claim.

ORDER

3The remaining claim in the applicant’s complaint – his claim in relation to cardiovascular disease – is dismissed as abandoned.