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

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

The Toronto Star picked up an editorial of mine that calls on the Conservative government to see reason on the crime bill, specifically on the pardons section. Of course I am not naà¯ve enough to think it might actually make a difference but I still think it is important to have our views expressed. ToRead More

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

The National Pardon Centre is happy to announce the launch of the Pardon Association of Canada. National Pardon Centre and Pardons Canada have founded Canada’s first industry association for pardon and waiver service providers. The site and the association are very new so we are still just two members but we hope to attract aRead More

There are a couple of organizations doing a very good job of promoting opposition to the Harper crime bill which has shown itself to be so full of ideology as to be completely separated from reality. It is a shame that many people take this form of politicking seriously but that is the nature ofRead More