HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO
B E T W E E N:
Stephen Monteath
Complainant
-and-
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
INTERIM DECISION
Adjudicator: Jo-Anne Pickel
Date: May 12, 2014
Citation: 2014 HRTO 660
Indexed as: Monteath v. Ontario (Community and Social Services)
[1] The 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 a Case Assessment Direction dated April 3, 2014, the complainant was directed to provide material and submissions by April 30, 2014 in support of his claims with respect to anaemia, emphysema, and malabsorption. The Case Assessment Direction advised the complainant that a failure to provide this information would result in his claims with respect to these conditions being dismissed as abandoned.
[2] The complainant has not filed any materials nor communicated with the Tribunal in any manner with respect to his claims with respect to the above conditions.
ORDER
[3] The claims set out in the complainant’s special diet complaint with respect to anaemia, emphysema, and malabsorption are dismissed as abandoned. This order does not affect the complainant’s claim regarding hepatic disorder and osteoporosis.
Dated at Toronto, this 12th day of May, 2014.
“Signed by”
Jo-Anne Pickel
Vice-chair