The Station 39 affair is not an anomaly: it is a symptom. From the 1965 Springate survey to the SPVM’s own data, by way of warnings from its Black officers, Alain Babineau retraces forty years of institutional racism — and explains why you can’t clean up a rotten barrel by removing sixteen apples.
On Friday, June 12, 2026, the SPVM dismantled an entire night shift at Station 39 in Montreal North over racist conduct: two officers suspended, the file referred to the DPCP, fourteen reassigned. The facts, the figures, the law — and the underlying debate, with an op-ed by Alain Babineau, former RCMP staff sergeant and jurist.
One in five lives with a disability. One in six is racialized. Add up the « minorities » and the majority the legal system speaks to may not exist. Seven institutions, seven structural dead-ends.
Twelve plugins, twenty connectors, a new model. A seismic event for law firms, a threat to paralegals — and excellent news for the Quebec self-represented litigant.
Citizenship requirement, swimming test, academic selection, Bill 21: Alain Babineau examines the interlocking obstacles keeping Quebec’s police the most homogeneous in Canada. Part 1 of 2.
EnDroit.ca opens its publication space to law students from Quebec, Canada and beyond. Real visibility, personalized editorial mentorship, complete independence — and a mission: access to justice for those the system forgets.
R. v. Jacques-Taylor, 2026 SCC 20: delays caused by a co-accused’s counsel can now be deducted from the Jordan calculation. A divided 6-3 ruling, a stern reminder to the defence, and direct consequences for Quebec.
Three invitations in fifteen days to speak on access to justice, in universities and at colloquiums. And a second piece of news: Justice-Quebec.ca becomes EnDroit.ca. The name changes — the mission does not.
72% of North American officers report reducing proactive interactions — but the documented cause is internal organizational injustice, not external oversight. Alain Babineau dismantles the myths of the Quebec de-policing debate.
Asymmetry of information, of means, of legitimacy: the three pillars of the legal monopoly are collapsing simultaneously. An analysis of the four phases of a cycle no one has yet been willing to name.