Wednesday, January 30, 2013

They Also Erred--part 2

When I went to the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal, I didn't know how to present my case for sexual harassment or discrimination properly.  I didn't fill out the application forms correctly and I didn't know exactly how the law applied to my case.  My instincts told me I was being harassed--one way or another--but I didn't know how to make the case legally.  [And you have to have more than your instincts as evidence!]  It was only later that I went to the Ontario Human Rights Commission and got some help from them and from a free lawyer.  I would've gotten better help from the OHRC, which normally handled these kinds of cases, but I didn't know enough at the time.  Also, the OHRC took such a long time investigating their cases that it would've been stressful for me in the meantime.  [It's a long story about everything and I have a limited amount of time on the Internet.]  But to be fair, I'll say that I could've done better in my presentation to the ORHT--if I'd known how.

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