G.M. v. The Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa, 2015 HRTO 1745

Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario

B E T W E E N:

G.M.

Applicant

-and-

The Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa and Donna Stainthorpe

Respondents

DECISION

Adjudicator: Naomi Overend

Date: December 29, 2015

Citation: 2015 HRTO 1745

Indexed as: G.M. v. The Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa

1The applicant filed an Application under s. 34 of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended, on October 13, 2013.

2In Interim Decision 2014 HRTO 1657 issued November 14, 2014, the Tribunal deferred proceeding with this Application pending the conclusion of ongoing court proceedings.

3On October 29, 2015, the Tribunal wrote to the applicant. The applicant was asked to inform the Registrar in writing within 30 days of the date of the letter whether the other proceedings remained ongoing and, if possible, to indicate when they were expected to be completed. The letter went on to warn the applicant that failure to provide the requested information might result in the Tribunal dismissing the Application as abandoned.

4The Tribunal’s letter to the applicant was returned as undeliverable. This is consistent with information from counsel for the respondents, that the respondents no longer had a valid address at which to serve the applicant.

5A follow-up email was sent to the applicant on December 8, 2015, attaching the October 29, 2015 letter. The applicant was directed to file a response by December 15, 2015 and advised that failure to respond might result in the Tribunal dismissing the Application as abandoned.

6The applicant did not respond to the email. Moreover, he has not advised the Tribunal of his current contact information as he is required to do under Rule 1.13 of the Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure.

7In the circumstances, the applicant is deemed to have abandoned the Application and the Application is dismissed.