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Why Allow Pardons?

Every once in awhile I get an angry email from someone asking me why I would want to get a pardon for a criminal. Or they ask why allows pardons at all? These emails usually go on to rant against criminals – scurge of the earth type stuff – without any understanding of human behaviourRead More

in Criminal Records

How to apply for a Canadian pardon

If you are wondering how to apply for a Canadian pardon you aren’t alone. There is a lot of misinformation circulating about Canadian pardon applications and how to apply for a yous Â so it is my hope that this post will help clear things up a little. So first of all, let me explain howRead More

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The Pardon in Canada

Getting a pardon in canada originates from the Royal Prerogative of Mercy- a British tradition that gave the ruling monarch the ability to exercise absolute power over persons convicted of criminal acts. Via the Letters Patent, this authority was embodied in the Governor General of Canada; our acting representative of the British Crown. (http://www.npb-cnlc.gc.ca/infocntr/policym/man_14_e.htm). OverRead More

in Criminal Records

Helping People Has Its Rewards

One of the most rewarding parts of my job is visiting community centres, detention facilities, and other institutions to give seminars on Canadian pardons. Often, the people I meet have heard about the pardon process but they hesitate for any number of reasons. Some people are worried a pardon application will just cause them moreRead More

in Criminal Records

Go Ahead and Get Your Pardon

For the past few years I have been dealing with the issues surrounding life with a criminal record. I do my best to make sure people’s Pardon applications are processed as smoothly and quickly as possible, because I know that they need to move on with their lives – as quickly as possible. But everyRead More

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The Canadian pardon and US waiver industry

If you are looking for a service to handle your Canadian pardon or US entry waiver application for you take your time and look carefully because sometime around mid 2007 a lot of new companies popped up all claiming to be Canada’s #1 Service. Most of these are old paralegals trying to get into the pardonRead More

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Criminal Records and the US Border

Contrary to popular belief circulating among the media these days American border agencies do not have access to pardoned criminal convictions. Pardoned records are sealed and kept separate and apart from active criminal records and no matter what anyone tells you the Americans do not have access to the pardoned criminal record database. And althoughRead More

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Why get a pardon?

Why should I get a pardon? The answer to this question should be self-evident but I receive so many calls at the National Pardon Centre that I am confronted, on a somewhat regular basis, by people who do not see the value of a Canadian pardon. I find it unsettling because these people will invariablyRead More

in Criminal Records

Marijuana and Criminal Records: Canadian Law

The following article was commissioned by CMMA (Canadian Medical Marijuana Association) in September 2003 and was published in their annual ciruculation. It is reprinted here because marijuana prohibition is an epic fail 😉 Although the National Pardon Centre does not encourage any form of transgression from the law I personally believe that a criminal chargeRead More

Why Allow Pardons?

How to apply for a Canadian pardon

The Pardon in Canada

Helping People Has Its Rewards

Go Ahead and Get Your Pardon

The Canadian pardon and US waiver industry

Criminal Records and the US Border

Why get a pardon?

Marijuana and Criminal Records: Canadian Law

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