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When a bot closes the file

By Alejandro Fiszman ( November 5, 2026, 3:06 PM EST) -- Mirzaei began with a line in a computer log. In March 2026, in a case challenging the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) refusal to give her a second review, our client received the CRA’s certified record of her file. One entry, dated Nov. 11, 2024, read: “This case has been automatically completed as a no-reply.” It was attributed to “BOT067G” (Applicant’s motion record, written representations, paras. 8, 10)....