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Partisan Politics
I hate to get involved in partisan political bickering but I thought this internet meme I stumbled across makes a pretty good point. Nothing more to say.
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Bill C23B becomes law
The omnibus crime bill passed despite heated opposition. Everything that could ever be said about the bill has already been said ad nauseum so let’s just move on. The measures contained previously in Bill C23B came into law with the passing of the omnibus crime bill, bill C10. Therefore pardons are now record suspensions but […]
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Pardons Are Not About Forgiveness
Pardons Pardons are soon to be renamed record suspensions as a result of the Conservative omnibus crime bill. The industry has been up in arms about the name change because most of the companies involved in pardons and waivers are named something or other that includes the word pardons. It is understandable. We’ve all spent […]
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Early Eligibility and the Record Suspension Bill
Since Bill C 10 was first tabled, I have been corresponding with a client who, under the current law, becomes eligible for his pardon on March 27, 2012. He has an indictable conviction and must until March 27, 2017 under the new proposed pardon eligibility framework before being able to apply for a record suspension. […]
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What’s in a Name?
Yesterday, the House of Commons (despite the best efforts of the Opposition) passed Bill C10. The Bill has already been approved by the Senate and must receive Royal Assent before it becomes law but that normally occurs within a matter of days. There are also provisions within the Bill that will allow the different sections […]
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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 than […]
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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 out […]
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Pardon the Agenda
Pardon the agenda The Conservatives not only wants to send more people to jail more often and for longer periods of time, they want to make sure that those who finally get out will not work a decent job for as long as possible. They want to prevent people from obtaining a pardon. In this […]
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Fingerprinting Explained
Fingerprinting. There are two very separate types of fingerprinting in Canada: civil fingerprinting and non civil fingerprinting. Non civil fingerprinting is the kind done by police when someone is arrested. Most reasonable people do not want any part of this. Civil fingerprinting on the other hand is much different. Civil fingerprinting is primarily used as […]
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What is a pardon?
What is a pardon? A pardon has several meanings but the most common and the one of interest to clients of the National Pardon Centre is the following: A pardon is the forgiveness of a crime or the cancellation (in whole or in part) of the penalty associated with it. It is a general concept […]
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