Deborah Cheung v. Elections Canada, 2016 HRTO 672

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Deborah Cheung

Applicant

-and-

Elections Canada

Respondent

DECISION

Adjudicator: Jennifer Khurana
Date: May 17, 2016
Citation: 2016 HRTO 672
Indexed as: Cheung v. Elections Canada

Introduction

1The applicant filed an Application under s. 34 of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended (the “Code”), on February 9, 2016.

2On March 22, 2016 the Tribunal issued a Notice of Intent to Dismiss the Application (“NOID”) on the basis that the Application appears to be outside the Tribunal’s power to decide because the respondent appears to be a federal government department or agency. The applicant was directed to respond to the issues raised in the NOID by no later than April 21, 2016. The NOID advised the applicant that failure to respond to the NOID may be considered an abandonment of the Application and it might be dismissed for that reason.

3The applicant has not responded to the NOID and the time for doing so has now passed. The NOID was sent by email and by regular mail to the address provided in the Application and was not returned as undeliverable.

4In the circumstances, the applicant is deemed to have abandoned the Application.

5The Application is dismissed.