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TORONTO - Nine psychiatric survivors file against MPP Tony Ruprecht today at the Ontario Human Rights Commission at 11:00 a.m., 180 Dundas Street West, 8th Floor media room. The matter rests on Mr. Ruprecht’s written remarks about a supportive housing development in his constituency. In a letter to the City of Toronto’s Committee of Adjustment, Ruprecht had written of “the daily struggles of shop owners trying to stop crazed individuals from stealing items outright and urinating in front of their shop doors.”
Mr. Ruprecht wrote that his constituents were “angry that Government agencies seem blind to the fact that they are creating a ghetto-like atmosphere” and he encouraged them to write to the Committee, inviting them to “quote any part of my letter.” The Committee refused the application.
“I believe that Mr. Ruprecht’s public condemnation of the proposed housing and his insulting letter created a poisoned environment for myself and other mentally disabled people,” said Linda Chamberlain, one of nine people filing complaints of illegal discrimination.
READ MEDIA COVERAGE ON THIS STORY:
MPP faces probe over "crazed" remark - Globe and Mail
MPP's "crazed" crack riles mentally ill - The Toronto Star
Fight the good fight - C/S Consumer Survivor Bulletin
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