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In August 2017, Todd had made evening plans and posted on Kijiji, looking for a babysitter for his two boys, then aged five and eight.

This sphere of life is very personal and intimate

James Cyrynowski replied, and the dad asked for some information, such as where he lived, how old he was and his gender, JCCF said.

But the two didn’t speak again; Todd didn’t explain he no longer needed a sitter, and Cyrynowski never followed up about the job.

The next day, Cyrynowski filed his discrimination complaint.

In the form submitted to the Human Rights Commission, Cyrynowski says he reached out about the babysitting ad, and said he was “male and 28 years old” when asked for age and gender. “I never heard back from him since,” the complaint says.

The Post was unable to reach Cyrynowski for an interview.

John Carpay, the executive director of JCCF, a right-leaning legal organization, said lawyers have sent a letter to the commission asking the case to be dismissed.

“This sphere of life is very personal and intimate. The choice that parents make as to who they want to care for their children in their home, that should be private sphere that’s protected from state interference and state intrusion,” Carpay said.

This complaint is not the only one Cyrynowski’s filed.

I thought getting as much info as possible about a person that would be looking after my children was the proper thing to do

In fact, one similar babysitting complaint from 2014 worked its way up through the human rights complaints system, then on to the Alberta courts, where Cyrynowski lost in lower court, then had appeals to Alberta’s top court and the Supreme Court of Canada denied. A 2017 Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench ruling says he had filed “multiple” complaints.