William Sawyer v. Ontario (Education), 2017 HRTO 915

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

William Sawyer

Applicant

-and-

Her Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario as represented by the Ministry of Education

Respondent

DECISION

Adjudicator: Eban Bayefsky Date: July 20, 2017 Citation: 2017 HRTO 915 Indexed as: Sawyer v. Ontario (Education)

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 March 8, 2017.

2On May 11, 2017, the Registrar issued a Notice of Intent to Dismiss the Application ("NOID") on the basis that the Application failed to allege that any Code rights had been infringed and failed to indicate that it had been brought on behalf of another person pursuant to section 34(5) of the Code. The Registrar directed the applicant to provide written submissions on these issues by June 12, 2017. The Registrar warned that failure to provide the requested submissions would result in the Tribunal making a decision based solely on the information in the Application and might result in the Tribunal dismissing the Application as abandoned.

3The Registrar's May 11, 2017 letter was sent by regular mail, and was not returned as undeliverable. The Registrar re-issued the NOID on June 26, 2017 by email, requiring submissions by July 3, 2017.

4The applicant has not responded to the letter or email and the time to do so has now passed.

5In the circumstances, the applicant is deemed to have abandoned the Application and the Application is dismissed.