ACTO: ORHT unable to provide fair, impartial hearings

Tenant group alleges bias, Toronto Star, 01 Mar 2006

Cara Reid was late paying July rent for the apartment she shares with her two young children. On Aug. 4, Reid's landlord applied to evict the single mother.

Reid didn't challenge the application within the required five days and was sent an eviction order Aug. 10. Then one month later, Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal adjudicator Paul DeBuono overturned the order.

DeBuono said the five-day requirement in the Tenant Protection Act "results in constructive discrimination." It discriminates against single parents, seniors, the disabled and recent immigrants, he wrote.