John Judson

The applicant filed a human rights application alleging discrimination regarding a ban from the respondent library's premises.

After her adjournment request was denied, the applicant failed to attend the scheduled hearing or provide requested medical documentation.

The Tribunal dismissed the application as abandoned.

The applicant, who has ADHD, panic and anxiety disorders, and an eating disorder, alleged discrimination and failure to accommodate by the respondent health centre and its staff after he was discharged from a group-based eating disorder program.

The Tribunal found no evidence that the applicant's difficulties in the program or his discharge were related to his disabilities.

The Tribunal concluded that the respondents took appropriate steps to accommodate the applicant within the parameters of their group-based program, and dismissed the application.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a school principal, alleging professional misconduct and incompetence for failing to adequately respond to a student's escalating aggressive and sexually inappropriate behaviour.

The student's classroom teacher and parents had reported numerous incidents to the school's vice-principal and social worker.

The majority of the Discipline Committee dismissed the charges, finding that the principal met the minimum standard of performance and was not informed of the full extent of the problem until late in the school year, at which point he took immediate action.

A dissenting member would have found the principal guilty of professional misconduct for failing to proactively supervise his inexperienced vice-principal and failing to act in a timely manner.

A pre-hearing conference was held to determine procedural matters and set a schedule for the appeal of Olszowka Poultry Inc. against a decision of the Chicken Farmers of Ontario regarding quota violations and levies.

The Tribunal issued a consensus order setting the hearing dates and establishing deadlines for document disclosure, witness lists, and stipulations of evidence.

The appellant, a chicken producer, appealed a decision of the Chicken Farmers of Ontario finding that he had violated marketing regulations by producing and marketing 139,010 kilograms of unreported chicken.

The Board had assessed license fees and levies and cancelled all of his basic production quota.

The Tribunal found clear evidence that the appellant participated in a scheme to shave weights and market unreported chicken.

However, noting this was a first offence, the Tribunal found the penalty too severe and reduced it to a cancellation of 50% of the appellant's basic quota units, while upholding the assessment of $61,391.87 in fees and levies.

The Town of Wallaceburg applied to the Ontario Police Commission under section 14(3) of the Police Act to resolve a budget dispute with the Board of Commissioners of Police.

The Town sought an $80,000 reduction in the police budget, proposing cuts to the marine patrol, communications staff, and overall complement.

The Commission dismissed the application, finding that the proposed reductions would impair the Board's ability to maintain an adequate police force in accordance with the police needs of the municipality.