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Application to quash municipal rental housing licensing by-law dismissed; fees held valid and non-discriminatory.
The applicant, a corporate landlord, sought judicial review to quash the City of Waterloo's Residential Rental Housing Licensing By-law.
The applicant argued the licensing fees constituted an ultra vires indirect tax and that the by-law's application to townhouses but not apartment buildings constructively discriminated against families contrary to the Human Rights Code.
The Divisional Court dismissed the application, finding the fees were validly enacted to fund the licensing program and did not constitute a tax.
The Court also held the by-law did not discriminate on the basis of family status, as it targeted specific types of dwellings rather than any protected group.
Human rights application dismissed at summary hearing for lacking facts linking alleged comment to protected grounds.
The applicant, a tenant, alleged discrimination in housing based on race, ancestry, and other grounds after a security guard allegedly accused her of communicating with people below the earth during a noise complaint investigation.
The Tribunal held a summary hearing to determine if the application had a reasonable prospect of success.
Finding no facts alleged to link the comment to the applicant's ancestry or other protected grounds, the Tribunal concluded the claim was based on mere speculation and dismissed the application.
Unopposed request to remove a respondent and abridge document exchange deadline granted.
The applicant filed a Request for an Order During Proceeding seeking to remove the London Police Service as a respondent and to abridge the deadline to exchange documents prior to a scheduled Summary Hearing.
As the requests were unopposed by any other party, the Tribunal granted the requests, removing the London Police Service as a respondent and abridging the document exchange deadline to 14 days prior to the hearing.
