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Human rights application alleging discrimination based on receipt of social assistance dismissed summarily.
The applicant alleged discrimination with respect to services and accommodation on the basis of receipt of public assistance after her application for membership in the respondent housing co-operative was denied.
The Tribunal held a summary hearing to determine if the application had a reasonable prospect of success.
The Tribunal found no evidence linking the respondents' requests for specific financial documentation or their ultimate denial of her application to the fact that she received social assistance.
The application was dismissed for having no reasonable prospect of success.
Request to amend human rights application to add new allegations denied as beyond scope and prejudicial.
The applicant sought to amend her human rights application to add new allegations of discrimination regarding an Addition to Household application, and requested production of related documents.
The Tribunal denied the request to amend, finding the new allegations were beyond the scope of the current proceedings and would cause prejudice by necessitating the re-opening of the hearing.
Consequently, the request for document production was also denied as the documents were no longer relevant.
Request for document production denied as out of time and pending a summary hearing.
The applicant in a human rights complaint filed a Request for Order during Proceeding seeking the production of further documents from the respondents.
The Tribunal noted that the hearing on the merits had already commenced and the deadline for document disclosure had passed.
Furthermore, a Summary Hearing had been scheduled to determine if the application had a reasonable prospect of success, for which no evidence was to be produced.
The Tribunal denied the request for production as it was out of time.
