A Montreal man is wanted on five charges after investigators alleged he helped dozens of people obtain temporary resident visas and enter Canada using false information and fraudulent documents.
The Canada Border Services Agency says proceedings against 42-year-old Abul Kasim
Quebec Man Accused of Using Fake Identities in $180,000 Social Assistance Fraud
A Montreal man with no legal status in Canada is accused of using dozens of false identities to fraudulently obtain more than $180,000 in Quebec social assistance payments.
Omar Ndiaye, 45, faces charges including fraud, document forgery and use of
Wednesday: What’s Hot on CanLII? – August 2026
Each month, we tell you which five English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII in the previous month and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about using CanLII-published AI-generated summaries
Guest Post: Can You Be Together for 18 Years, and Still Not Be Spouses in BC?
In Major v. Lacey, 2026 BCSC 1362, the parties were in an exclusive romantic relationship for 18 years. They travelled together, spent holidays with each other’s families, supported each other financially, included each other in their estate planning, and even swore
Why Ottawa Will Likely Join the U.S. in Opposing the Quebec Online Streaming Law at the Centre of the Trade Battle
French language policy has emerged as a hot-button issue in the breakdown of trade talks between Canada and the U.S. While the U.S. has denied that French is a concern, Prime Minister Mark Carney pointed to U.S. demands involving culture
Canada, Lost (Update)
Reality TV star cum Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy misunderstood. After Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected tariff negotiations that would lead to a trade war, he thought he meant a real war with guns and bombs, and so he
Appellate Hypertrophy in the Canadian Justice System
Is the re-examination of past decisions sapping the justice system’s capacity to hear and decide legal disputes at first instance? Our system has numerous ways to reopen past decisions and let a new set of adjudicators and advocates root around
Article: And Two Cows to My Wife… So Long As She Remains My Widow: The Contemporary Case Against Marriage Clauses in Canadian Wills
Jane Thomson (University of New Brunswick) recently published And Two Cows to My Wife… So Long As She Remains My Widow: The Contemporary Case Against Marriage Clauses in Canadian Wills, 2026. Provided below is the Abstract:
This article presents the
Provincial Divergence: A Comparative Study of Ontario and Quebec’s Cannabis Statutes
The federal legalization of non-medical cannabis in Canada, enacted through the Cannabis Act in October 2018, established a national framework for production, distribution, and sale. However, the legislation intentionally granted provinces and territories significant autonomy in shaping their respective regulatory
