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The Quebec Ombudsman Responds to EnDroit.ca
Six questions submitted, six detailed official replies. The Ombudsman confirms it does not want binding power, reveals that 43% of files are redirected without follow-up, and documents a marked recovery in correctional visits.
Sunk Cost Fallacy: « We Should Have »
A Michelin-starred restaurant, an isolated fault, a refused apology — and the predictable machinery that follows. Anatomy of the trap of irretrievable costs, from article 1457 C.C.Q. to the words that always come too late: we should have.
The Rezayi Case and Police Oversight: The Mirage of the European Model — by Alain Babineau
After 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi was killed by a SPAL officer, some call for Canada to adopt Europe’s « absolute necessity » standard. Alain Babineau shows why the numbers tell another story — and what truly distinguishes the systems that get results.
Slipping on the Ramp After Picketing: Workplace Accident or Not? The Tribunal Rules
R. v. Gagnon (2026 QCCA 583): following Senneville, the Court of Appeal strikes down the one-year mandatory minimums for production and distribution of child pornography, and substitutes a conditional sentence served at home. A constitutional message, not a message of leniency.
Child Pornography and Mandatory Minimums: The Quebec Court of Appeal Expands Senneville and Sends a Mother Home Instead of to Prison
R. v. Gagnon (2026 QCCA 583): following Senneville, the Court of Appeal strikes down the one-year mandatory minimums for production and distribution of child pornography, and substitutes a conditional sentence served at home. A constitutional message, not a message of leniency.
Quebec Superior Court Sets Aside Arbitral Award Drafted with Artificial Intelligence
ARIHQ v. Santé Québec (2026 QCCS 1360): Justice Sheehan sets aside an arbitral award whose entire body of authorities was hallucinated by a generative AI tool. The first Quebec benchmarks on AI and adjudicators — an arbitrator cannot delegate, not even to an algorithm.
When Anne-France Goldwater Talks About Deer, the Media Rush In. When She Reports Criminal Fraud at the Bar, It’s Omertà.
For thirty years, every word from Me Anne-France Goldwater drew the headlines. This time, in writing, she alleges serious criminal fraud and an institutional cover-up at the Bar — and every Quebec newsroom goes silent. When the absence of coverage becomes the story.
A Legal Scholar-in-Training Joins EnDroit.ca: Welcome to Modestie Hauchecorne
Legal scholar-in-training at Université Laval, author of the faculty’s first master’s thesis on animal law and Bar candidate for 2027, Modestie Hauchecorne joins EnDroit.ca — academic rigour paired with genuine field engagement.
Sexual Assault: The Supreme Court of Canada Rules — a Victim Mistaken About the Hour Does Not Lose Her Credibility
R. v. G.G. (2026 SCC 12): the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously confirms that a sexual assault complainant who is mistaken in good faith about the precise hour does not lose her credibility — and an accused cannot escape through the narrow door of an approximate estimate.