Inquiries

The Ontario Human Rights Code says the OHRC can conduct an inquiry to:

• Look into incidents of tension or conflict, or conditions that lead or may lead to incidents of tension or conflict in a community, institution or sector of the economy and to make recommendations, and encourage and coordinate plans, programs and activities, to reduce or prevent such incidents or sources of tension or conflict
• Look into programs, policy and practices made under statute, for consistency with the Code, and make recommendations.

Inquiries can be large or small, simple or complex. They could include:

• Private letters to an organization or group of organizations asking about an issue and requesting a response or more information
• Public meetings
• Online-questionnaires or feedback forms
• Fact-finding, investigation, and requesting and obtaining information
• Media and other public launches
• Interim reporting on progress
• Formal inquiry reports.