Why should the requirement for an affidavit disappear when the Quebec Bar or the Attorney General seeks dismissal? Jacqueline Sanderson takes the question to the Court of Appeal on October 19, 2026.
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Montréal’s anti-insult by-law: only the Supreme Court can end the judicial lottery
After fifteen years of contradictory rulings, the challenge filed in Superior Court must not stop at Montréal. Quebec needs a definitive answer.
EnDroit.ca Launches Its Top 10 Law Firm Rankings in Quebec
EnDroit.ca has launched ten independent Quebec law firm rankings covering family law, youth protection, criminal law, civil litigation, real estate, employment, administrative appeals, immigration, estates and business law.
Who Is Watching the Watchers? Abisay Cruz, PDQ 39, and the Limits of Scrutiny at the Commission de la sécurité publique
Montréal’s Public Safety Commission cannot discipline an officer or order a policy change. Asking questions in public is the only tool it has. On September 16, a citizen’s question was ruled out of order, and not one elected member had anything to say about a coroner’s report on a death in police hands. Alain Babineau, retired RCMP staff sergeant, on what civilian oversight actually requires.
A conversation with the deaf
Four hours and twenty minutes of questions on August 11, and not a single announcement. Ten days later, body-worn cameras and a by-law against insulting police officers. In between, the one measure that would have changed anything — a moratorium on street checks — was dismissed with a flat no. Former RCMP staff sergeant Alain Babineau points out that in Nova Scotia the same question was settled in six months: the province suspended street checks in April 2019, and by October a retired chief justice had found the practice unlawful. A moratorium. An independent legal opinion. A clear decision on the lawfulness of the practice. That is what would distinguish a genuine dialogue from a conversation with the deaf.
Paralegals have the solution. What’s missing is the humility to hear it
As a rule, I keep myself entirely out of the answers we receive from political parties and institutions. This time, I can’t help myself. The answers from the Canadian Association of Paralegals line up point for point with the reason this platform exists. Émilie Dumontet and her association have hit the mark — their proposals aren’t merely good suggestions, they are the solution.
Action against the Quebec Bar maintained in part, dismissed in its entirety against the Attorney General — without the evidence being heard
Dismissed in its entirety against the Attorney General, maintained in part against the Barreau du Québec: a judgment rendered in Québec City on 8 July 2026 lets three sets of facts survive — and sets a deadline for the constitutionality of the mechanism used to strike the rest to be put before the Court.
In Defence of Police Officers — by Alain Babineau
Declaring oneself in favour of the police is not the same thing as supporting the police unconditionally, no matter how serious its failures. Alain Babineau writes from three vantage points that almost never converge in one person: twenty-eight years with the RCMP, several as a staff sergeant supervising operational teams, a period as a recruiter assessing candidates’ judgment before they were handed a badge and a firearm — and today, a commitment against racial profiling. From Station 39 to the Ville de Mercier stop to the officer insulted over tinted windows, he sets out a thesis that is uncomfortable on both sides.
Drift at the Joliette Courthouse: Simon Jolin-Barrette’s Silence
Seven requests at the civil registry, six emails, two phone calls, more than $320 — and still no file. When he finally obtains an appointment to consult it on site, he finds 285 pages missing, centre pages pulled from a second document, and entire documents gone. He photographs it all before a witness. The DPCP acknowledges in writing that court-system participants in the district are named, and moves the file out of Joliette. Then the police cannot investigate, the prosecution service cannot charge, and the Minister of Justice does not answer.
« The Bar Didn’t Do Its Job » — Daniel Goldwater
The statement is short and comes from an experienced lawyer who says he knows the file from the inside. David Chun resigned from the Barreau du Québec while a syndic’s investigation was under way — an obligation to cooperate that the Professional Code makes explicit. No public disciplinary measure appears to have followed. On 23 December 2025, a fresh request for an investigation was refused: a decision had been rendered, upheld by the review committee, and the file was closed.