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Omnibus Crime Bill and Pardons

One thing we can say for certain is that Stephen Harper’s omnibus crime bill has certainly had the desired effect on Canada’s pardon program that it intended. Pardon applications are way down. This is, of course, just an opinion. I can’t say for sure if the number of applicants is down because of the crimeRead More

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Record Suspension – omnibus crime bill passes

Record Suspension The Conservatives omnibus crime bill passed on March 12, 2012. The various pieces of legislation have yet to take effect so at the moment a record suspension is still called a pardon. But in the near future the name will be changed and Canadians will be applying for a record suspension rather thanRead More

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Omnibus Crime Bill Set To Pass

It is starting to look like a certainty that the omnibus crime bill is going to pass in the next few days. It was a good fight, if an unfair one. Facing a Conservative majority with a crime agenda is a tough battle indeed. When just about every legal/criminal expert in the country speaks outRead More

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Stop the Omnibus crime bill

The Senate is now debating the Omnibus crime bill. All of us opposed to this legislation are hoping that an actual debate will take place with real people this time rather than the just another faux meeting of Conservative puppet politicians ignoring the universal criticism. One organization that is highly critical of the misguided billRead More

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Senate in no rush on crime bill

I don’t want to get my hopes up that the crime bill will be amended in favour of the pardon program’s current criteria but at least the Tory controlled senate is showing some retraint when it comes to passing the legislation. I don’t think the Conservatives had much choice in the matter. After trying toRead More

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Senate in no rush on crime bill

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Crime Bill Passes the House

The Omnibus crime bill cleared the House of Commons yesterday much to nobody’s surprise. There remains the faintest of hopes that we will still see some amendments but I am certainly not going to hold my breath. Mind you the way this “debate” has been handled it would be fair to expect the absurd ratherRead More

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Crime Bill Passes the House

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Tories Willing to Discuss Crime Bill?

Sometimes what bothers me about this crime bill is not how bad most of the measures are. After all we all have different values and if the Conservatives value punishment over rehabilitation that is their prerogative. It isn’t even that the measures don’t have a faint hope of accomplishing what they are supposed to. IRead More

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Tories Willing to Discuss Crime Bill?

Omnibus Crime Bill and Pardons

Record Suspension – omnibus crime bill passes

Omnibus Crime Bill Set To Pass

Stop the Omnibus crime bill

Senate in no rush on crime bill

Senate in no rush on crime bill

Crime Bill Passes the House

Crime Bill Passes the House

Tories Willing to Discuss Crime Bill?

Tories Willing to Discuss Crime Bill?

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