Micheal Dunn

The applicant requested a reconsideration of a decision dismissing his human rights application as moot.

He argued that the Tribunal failed to consider his written submissions, which he had attempted to email but were not received due to a delivery failure.

The Tribunal granted the request for reconsideration to consider the submissions as a matter of procedural fairness.

However, after reviewing the submissions, the Tribunal found no basis to vary its original conclusion that the application was moot, as the applicant's allegations of prejudice due to delay were too remote and speculative.

The applicant filed a human rights application alleging discrimination based on disability after being denied discretionary benefits for dentures because he was not considered 'employable' under the Ontario Works Act.

The respondents sought to dismiss the application as moot, noting that the applicant ultimately received funding for the dentures through another program and the municipality had since amended its policy to remove the employability requirement for dental benefits.

The Tribunal agreed, finding no live controversy remained between the parties and declining to exercise its discretion to hear a moot case.