Edwards v. Ontario (Community and Social Services), 2014 HRTO 1209

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Terry Edwards

Complainant

-and-

Ontario Human Rights Commission

Commission

-and-

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 13, 2014

Citation: 2014 HRTO 1209

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

1The complaint 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 an Interim Decision, 2014 HRTO 803, the Tribunal directed the complainant to file certain materials if he wished to proceed with his complaint in relation to extreme obesity and cardiovascular disease.

2The Interim Decision advised the complainant that if the complainant did not provide these materials, the claims with respect to these conditions would be dismissed as abandoned.

3The complainant has not filed any materials nor communicated with the Tribunal in any manner about the claim with respect to the above conditions.

ORDER

4In the above circumstances, the complainant’s remaining claims with respect to extreme obesity and cardiovascular disease are dismissed as abandoned.