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Human rights applications deferred to give effect to Superior Court CCAA stay order.
The applicants filed human rights applications alleging discrimination in employment against the respondent.
Following the filings, the Superior Court issued an order under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act staying all proceedings against the respondent.
The Tribunal deferred the applications and cancelled scheduled mediations, holding that it is appropriate to give effect to the CCAA stay order.
Adjournment request denied as failure to retain counsel timely is not an extraordinary circumstance.
The respondent requested an adjournment of a scheduled three-day hearing because its newly retained counsel was unavailable.
The Tribunal denied the request, finding that the respondent's failure to retain counsel in a timely manner did not constitute an extraordinary circumstance justifying an adjournment under the Tribunal's Practice Direction.
The Tribunal also directed that the hearing venue be changed from North Bay to Toronto, noting the negligible difference in distance from the location of the alleged discrimination and the convenience for the parties and their counsel.
