Is it mandatory for an individual to file a human rights application within one year?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Aniceto v. Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, 2017 HRTO 155 (CanLII):
These provisions have been found to be mandatory subject to section 34(2). The limitation period is consistent with the policy objective, expressed elsewhere in the Code that human rights claims should be dealt with expeditiously. Thus, the Code requires an individual to act with all due diligence and file their application within one year when they seek to pursue a human rights claim. See Miller v. Prudential Lifestyles Real Estate, 2009 HRTO 1241 (CanLII).
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