The Respondent then goes on to quote a recent decision of this Tribunal in Barter v. I.C.B.C. et al., 2003 BCHRT 9, at para. 70: There can be no doubt that the interests protected by the Human Rights Code are of fundamental importance and that complainants should not lightly be stripped of their right to pursue their claims before a human rights tribunal. That said, there is also a strong public interest in finality. The spectre of inconsistent results should, where possible, be avoided. Where they arise, as in City of Toronto, they bring the risk of diminishing the authority of the adjudicative processes involved. Also of concern, as mentioned in that case, is the drain on institutional resources occasioned by duplicative litigation.
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