MacConnell v. Ontario (Community and Social Services), 2014 HRTO 822

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Jo-Ann MacConnell Complainant

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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 822 Indexed as: MacConnell 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 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.

2The complainant has not filed any materials nor communicated with the Tribunal in any manner about her claim with respect to chronic constipation.

ORDER

3The remaining claim in the complainant’s complaint is dismissed as abandoned.