text: Alceste: You focus on the difference between the Commission and the Tribunal, but ignore the main point - the clear bias of the Chief Commissioner.  This is from the Commission's website:
  "The OHRC has unique legal powers under the Human Rights Code.  We may conduct inquiries, make an application (a complaint) directly to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario to allege discrimination and seek a Tribunal order, or intervene in applications before the Tribunal. The OHRC may also take part in cases before other administrative tribunals and courts." One of its "unique legal powers" is to launch prosecutions before courts and tribunals. Apparently you have no problem with the Chief Commissioner/Chief Prosecutor with "unique legal powers" being so obviously biased. The Tribunal is a separate organization that does hold hearings, including adjudicating prosecutions launched by the Commission, and does levy financial penalties to be paid by those convicted to those judged to be aggrieved.