Law360 Canada ( September 30, 2026, 9:38 AM EDT) -- Appeal by the appellants against their convictions; appeal by Qita against his sentence. The appellants were found guilty on 10 of 14 charges under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The trial judge found the appellant Qita guilty of seven counts of misrepresentation and three counts of counselling misrepresentation. The appellant 7891296 Canada Incorporated (789) was convicted of two counts of misrepresentation. The trial judge delivered a bottom-line decision roughly six months after the close of submissions. After numerous delays, the judge provided written reasons nine months and nine days after her bottom-line ruling. This was 15 months after the close of submissions, and 18 months after the evidence was completed. Five months later, Qita was sentenced to three and a half years’ imprisonment. The trial judge imposed a total fine of $20,000 on 789. The appellants appealed their convictions based on the trial judge’s long delay in delivering her written reasons for judgment. They submitted that this delay gave rise to a reasonable apprehension that the trial judge’s written reasons were an after-the-fact justification of her bottom-line decision to find the appellants guilty....