Hour 4 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. March 26th, 2026

A Quebec judge says Canada cannot have a separate judicial system for immigrants who come into conflict with the law amid a national debate over the role immigration status plays in sentencing. Provincial court Judge Dennis Galiatsatos made the observation in the case of a married immigrant in Montreal who harassed his former girlfriend for six months. The man wanted her as a second wife, which he considered acceptable under Sharia Law. “Immigration consequences cannot take a sentence out of the appropriate range or justify what would otherwise be an unfit sentence,” said...