HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO
B E T W E E N:
Michael LeBlanc
Applicant
-and-
Pro Line Recreation Sales and Service
Respondent
DECISION
Adjudicator: Jo-Anne Pickel
Indexed as: LeBlanc v. Pro Line Recreation Sales and Service
1The applicant filed an Application alleging that he was discriminated against for being white contrary to the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended. The Application was scheduled to be heard on June 17, 2016.
2On February 17, 2016, the Tribunal sent the parties a Notice of Hearing directing them to take certain steps in advance of the hearing. In particular, the Notice of Hearing directed the parties to deliver to one another and file with the Tribunal the documents they intended to rely upon at the hearing, a list of their witnesses and a summary of their witnesses’ anticipated evidence by no later than May 3, 2016.
3Neither the applicant nor the respondent provided the Tribunal with the materials required under Rules 16 and 17 of the Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure.
4Accordingly, in a May 18, 2016 Case Assessment Direction (“CAD”), the Tribunal directed the applicant to provide the required materials to the respondent and the Tribunal by no later than May 25, 2016. It also required the respondent to provide the required materials to the applicant and the Tribunal by the same date.
5In its CAD, the Tribunal warned the parties that there were serious consequences for the case if they did not comply with the Tribunal’s directions. In particular, the Tribunal advised the applicant that his Application might be dismissed as abandoned if he did not file the required materials.
6It is now past the applicant’s deadline for complying with the Tribunal’s directions. The applicant has not filed the required materials with the Tribunal, nor has he communicated with the Tribunal in any way in response to the CAD.
7In the circumstances, it appears that the applicant has abandoned the Application.
ORDER
8The Application is dismissed as abandoned and the June 17, 2016 hearing date is cancelled.
Dated at Toronto, this 30th day of May, 2016.
“Signed by”
Jo-Anne Pickel
Vice-chair