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67 U. Toronto Fac. L. Rev. 115 (2009)
Overhauling the Ontario Human Rights System: Recent Developments in Case Law and Legislative Reform

handle is hein.journals/utflr67 and id is 109 raw text is: OVERHAULING THE ONTARIO HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE LAW AND LEGISLATIVE REFORM* TIFFANY TSUN** I INTRODUCTION 118 II OVERVIEW OF ONTARIO'S HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM 119 Origins of Human Rights in Ontario 119 Ontario's Human Rights System Prior to the Recent Reforms 120 III PROBLEMS AFFECTING EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF THE CODE 121 Limited Accessibility of the Human Rights System 122 Inability to Address Systemic Discrimination 124 IV ONTARIO'S HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM AFTER LEGISLATIVE REFORM AND TRANCHEMONTAGNE 125 Legislative Overhaul of Ontario's Human Rights System 125 Tranchemontagne: Multiple Forums for Raising Human Rights Concern 126 V ASSESSMENT OF THE NEW HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM IN ONTARIO 128 Inadequate Funding Resulting in Limited Access to Tribunal 128 The System's Vulnerability to Respondents' Abuse 130 Privatization of the Human Rights System 131 VI CONCLUDING REMARKS: THE NEXT STEPS TO MAINTAINING AN EFFECTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM 132 The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Senior Board Notes, Comments and Reviews Editors, in particular Lead Researcher Andrew Martin, and the Senior Editors of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review. The author is grateful to Raj Anand at WeirFoulds LLP for inspiration for this note. The author would also like to thank her parents, sister and brother-in-law, and Leslie Loh, for their support and encouragement. B.E.S. (Hon.) (Waterloo), Third Year J.D. Candidate (Toronto). UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW REVIEW VOL. 67 (1) 115