Foster v. Rogers Communications Limited, 2014 HRTO 1306

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Allison Foster

Applicant

-and-

Rogers Communications Limited

Respondent

DECISION

Adjudicator: Paul Aterman Date: September 4, 2014 Citation: 2014 HRTO 1306 Indexed as: Foster v. Rogers Communications Limited

1This Application alleges discrimination with respect to employment because of disability, contrary to the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended (the "Code").

2On July 7, 2014, the Tribunal sent the applicant a Notice of Intent to Dismiss the Application ("NOID") on the basis that the Application appears to be outside the Tribunal's power to decide. The applicant named an organisation that appears to be a federal undertaking as the respondent to the Application. The Tribunal has no jurisdiction over employment issues arising in federal undertakings.

3The applicant was invited to make submissions on the jurisdictional issue by August 6, 2014. She was advised that if she failed to do so, the Tribunal could decide to dismiss her Application based only on the information before it, or it could consider her failure to provide submissions as an abandonment of her Application. The NOID has not been returned as undeliverable to the Tribunal.

4The applicant has failed to make any submissions and the time for doing so has now passed. I have no reason to think that she did not receive the NOID.

5As the applicant has failed to respond to the NOID, I determine that she has abandoned her Application.

order

6The Application is dismissed.