Prithee, Judge Thyself

"This contract was made for cash payments in contravention of tax law, with an ultimate goal of depriving the community of taxes. Just as surprisingly, the parties do not even seem to want to hide it!"
"In this particular case, there is no written contract. All it does is give certain details concerning the work to be done and the price of $5,092, without any taxes."
The agreement "unduly and illegally deprives the community, [amounting to a] "fraud of collective rights."
Quebec Court Judge Jimmy Vallee, December 3 ruling

Also in Quebec, Quebec Court Judge Marc Grimard has been assigned no new cases to adjudicate. His name surfaced in a major drug investigation. As someone who was a purchaser himself of cocaine. He shares that distinction with Superior Court Justice Michel Girouard. A major drug investigation has revealed the two judges' inconvenient-for-judges activities that dated before their judicial appointments.

But Quebec Court Judge Jimmy Vallee was referring to something entirely other. He was responding to a decision by Quebec Court Judge Ellen Pare to seek compensation for a personal domestic installation of a granite countertop in her home by a company which she claimed had provided her with a damaged granite countertop.

She and her husband, disappointed in the quality of the product and the installation workmanship, decided to take the company, Atelier Granite Nature, to small-claims court in an effort to have their money refunded.  They had paid $5,092 for the installation of a new kitchen countertop and were offended by what they deemed to be inferior installation.

Judge Vallee came to the conclusion that the contract agreement between the two parties - Judge Pare, her husband and the contractor, was missing the formality of a contract ; he was given a sheet of paper. No identifying company name, no sales-tax registration numbers. And obviously, no taxes paid; the purchasers had connived with the contractor to evade paying taxes.

Clearly an illegal transaction. Yet a sitting judge had the gall to feel nothing was amiss, that the transaction was above reproach. and Judge Vallee, noting the criminal irregularity involved, ruled the contract null and void, as a result. Despite which he also ruled that Atelier Granite Nature was to pay a partial refund of $1,500.

A spokeswoman for the chief judge of Quebec Court noted officials have received notice of what had transpired, having been contacted by a Radio-Canada reporter. Judge Pare continues to hear cases. While court administrators have initiated "a reflection on actions to take".  Imagine anticipating justice to be done, appearing before Judge Pare, who metes out justice for others, but prefers illegal action on her own part to avoid paying a required tax.

Where does she think the salary she earns comes from other than from taxes collected for state-run activities? How does she square her sociopathic private life with the fact that she sits as a judge representing the law in Quebec, foisting on others her questionable interpretation of ethics and morals?