HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Ed Walker

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

INTERIM DECISION

Adjudicator: Jo-Anne Pickel

Date: May 12, 2014

Citation: 2014 HRTO 662

Indexed as: Walker 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 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 food allergies-eggs; food allergies-milk/lactose intolerance; Huntington’s disease; mastication difficulties/dysphagia; and scoliosis. 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.

2The complainant has not filed any materials nor communicated with the claims regarding the above conditions.

ORDER

3The claims set out in the complainant’s special diet complaint with respect to food allergies-eggs; food allergies-milk/lactose intolerance; Huntington’s disease; mastication difficulties/dysphagia; and scoliosis are dismissed as abandoned. This order does not affect the complainant’s claim with respect to food allergies – wheat.