HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO
B E T W E E N:
Andrea Nelson
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
Date: June 5, 2014
Citation: 2014 HRTO 808
Indexed as: Nelson 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 May 16, 2014 in support of the remaining claim in her complaint: that is, in relation to chronic constipation. The Case Assessment Direction advised the complainant that if she did not provide these materials her claim would be dismissed as abandoned.
[2] The complainant has not filed any materials nor communicated with the Tribunal in any manner about her claims with respect to chronic constipation.
ORDER
[3] The remaining claim in the complainant’s complaint is dismissed as abandoned.
Dated at Toronto, this 5th day of June, 2014.
“Signed by”
Jo-Anne Pickel
Vice-chair