Tursa v. Ontario (Community and Social Services), 2014 HRTO 810

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Etta Tursa

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

decision

Adjudicator: Jo-Anne Pickel

Date: June 5, 2014

Citation: 2014 HRTO 810

Indexed as: Tursa 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 May 16, 2014 in support of the remaining claims in her complaint: that is, in relation to post-gastric dumping syndrome and immune deficiency/cancer survivor. The Case Assessment Direction advised the complainant that if she did not provide these materials her claims would be dismissed as abandoned.

2The complainant has not filed any materials nor communicated with the Tribunal in any manner about her claims with respect to the above conditions.

ORDER

3The remaining claims in the complainant’s complaint are dismissed as abandoned.