It has been more than three years since I was complaining many times to your office regarding this
matter. However, your office has used section 17.-(1)(a) of the Ombudsman Act which allows
the Ombudsman to refuse to investigate the matter further if it appears that, under the "law or
administrative practice", there is an adequate remedy for the complainant. In spite of that, I do not
know yet what law or administrative practice, according to section 17.-(1)(a) of the
Ombudsman Act, appeared to be an adequate remedy for my case. What I do know is that:

• they (government officials) forced my family to live in poverty by cutting our social assistance
  by 22% ($300.00 every single month);
• deducted National Child Supplement from our family welfare cheque, $50.00 received from
  federal government and transferred to provincial government pocket;
• cut the funds for many social programs including training and job search - for example, I went
  to a job interview at Ottawa and they refused to refund the money that I spent on
  transportation ($49.00);
• denied proper training for keeping updated with new technologies and get Canadian
  certification in order to be able to find a job;
• were trying to force me to perform forced or compulsory labour in spite of the fact that article
  8 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights states very clearly that "no one
  shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labour", of course with a few
  exceptions like criminals in prisons;
• cancelled my social assistance since January 2000 because I refused to perform compulsory
  labour.

So, regarding the "administrative practice" used for resolving my case of discrimination in
employment, they cancelled my social assistance, too, and I am now an unemployed victim
among those 600.000 welfare recipients reported by the government that found jobs through
workfare! In addition, my daughter has quitted the high school more than three years ago due to
our life in poverty imposed by Harris government, and she is struggling now with severe
depression. Moreover, my wife has lost her job and due to skyrocketing of the rent we have a
better chance to be evicted on street and become homeless very soon. Very nice administrative
practice used by Harris government!

I also posted some information regarding my case of human rights discrimination on the Web Site
of Ontario Network for Human Rights and Canadaimmigrants.com as well. More relevant
information is posted on my Home Page at: http://home.ica.net/~imoraru/ in order to make public
the manner in which Canadian immigrants are treated and discriminated in this province.

With regard to the "law" from section 17.-(1)(a) of the Ombudsman Act used to close my file,
of course, Canada has some good laws and one of them is the Ontario Human Rights Code, but
the main problem for me is that Canadian laws are only on paper because Harris government has
cut the Legal Aid for any case regarding employment, including human rights discrimination. I
applied twice for legal aid on this matter, but my applications were not approved. So, how could I
use that law and have access to Canadian justice system? Unfortunately, the only way to get
justice in my case is to complain to the Ombudsman who has the power to investigate the
Commission's decision.

As I already mentioned before, the former Ombudsman has mentioned in her decision of
December 4, 1997: "Please be advised that I do not agree that my investigation has obstructed
your ability to proceed with your Human Rights Complaint" . She also mentioned that "If you
have another complaint about a provincial government organization my staff would be pleased to
receive it". It appears, however, that the actual Ombudsman staff was not pleased to receive my
complaints about the Ontario Human Rights Commission's decision so far.

Therefore, I trust that I provided enough additional information that will convince you that section
17.(1)(a) of the Ombudsman Act was not appropriate to my case. I also believe that such human
rights discriminations must not be tolerated in a country like Canada, and that information will
change your view with respect to my case.

Taking into consideration the nature of my case and information that I provided so far, I will
really believe that your office is trying to cover up the Commission's decision and commits
therefore "obstruction of justice" if my complaint is not considered now. If your office would
continue to ignore my complaint this time, too, please be advised that under my family's new
circumstances, I cannot wait until my family will be evicted on street and will become homeless.
Consequently, your office must expect other "democratic actions" very soon.

Thank you very much for your understanding and your decision.

Sincerely yours,

Ioan Moraru