You realize that in the rest of Canada, they do not have notaries like Quebec's. In fact, what the rest of Canada calls “notaries” are actually commissioners of oaths. Since all civil law countries have notaries, none of these things are possible without the complicity of a notary. Clearly, if a notary was caught doing such things, he would lose his licence. In any case, notaries pay a rather high fee every year to compensate all victims of notarial acts. Is that right?
On October 5th, 2009. See this statement in context.