HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO
B E T W E E N:
Margaret Mahaney
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
DECISION
Adjudicator: Jo-Anne Pickel
Indexed as: Mahaney 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 her remaining special diet claims with respect to fibromyalgia and multiple chemical sensitivities. The Case Assessment Direction advised the complainant that a failure to provide this information would result in her claims being dismissed as abandoned.
2The complainant has not filed any materials nor communicated with the Tribunal in any manner with respect to her remaining special diet claims with respect to fibromyalgia and multiple chemical sensitivities.
ORDER
3The remaining claims set out in the complainant’s special diet complaint are dismissed as abandoned.
Dated at Toronto, this 12th day of May, 2014.
“Signed by”
Jo-Anne Pickel
Vice-chair