Michelle Warner

The applicant, who has a mental health disability, alleged discrimination with respect to services by the respondent hospital and its Mobile Crisis Intervention Team (MCIT) during three separate incidents in 2006, 2007, and 2008.

She claimed she was improperly discharged without assessment, forced into assessments against her will, threatened with arrest, and that the hospital failed to properly investigate her internal complaints.

The Tribunal found that the hospital staff acted in accordance with the applicant's expressed wishes or their mandate to assess suicide risk, and that the hospital's response to her complaints was reasonable.

The application was dismissed as the applicant failed to establish that she was disadvantaged or treated adversely because of her disability.

The applicant filed an application alleging discrimination and reprisal with respect to housing based on place of origin and ethnic origin.

The Tribunal held a summary hearing to determine if the application had a reasonable prospect of success.

The applicant alleged that a worker entered his unit without proper notice, was rude, and that the police were called, resulting in him being taken to the hospital and his driver's licence being suspended.

The Tribunal dismissed the application, finding no evidence connecting the respondents' actions to the applicant's place of origin or ethnic origin.

The applicant in a human rights proceeding alleging discrimination on the basis of disability in services brought several interim requests.

She sought to amend her application to clarify allegations regarding a mobile crisis unit visit, requested an advance ruling on the admissibility of third-party medical records, and sought production of police records.

The Tribunal denied the request to amend due to the late stage of the hearing, declined to rule on the medical records in advance of oral evidence, and denied the production requests for police records due to lack of notice, lateness, and speculative relevance.

The applicant alleged discrimination on the basis of disability in services against a hospital and an emergency room physician.

The applicant was apprehended under the Mental Health Act and brought to the hospital, where the physician assessed her and subsequently reported her to the Ministry of Transportation, resulting in the suspension of her driver's license.

The physician requested that the application against him be dismissed at a summary hearing.

The Tribunal found that there was no reasonable prospect that the applicant could establish that the physician's actions, including his reliance on her history of mental health apprehensions and his decision not to inform her of the report, were discriminatory.

The application against the physician was dismissed.