Yes, it is the same problem Smart.
All emails sent from the forum are sent "through" the Admin email; Mass emails, Notification about PM, Notification about reply in topic, and Activation emails for new accounts.
If you get that particular Debug Mode error message on one of them, you can count on problems with all of it.
I have now added the .ca domain, where your forum is, to the list that the Webmaster needs to fix.
FoxLeonard