When this picture of Michael Phelps smoking a bong surfaced, the world once again went loony, insisting that Phelps make amends for something that everyone does anyway. What nonsense. The fact that an olympic champion of Phelps’ stature has smoked weed is a clear indicator that marijuana is relatively harmless, great fun on accasion and obviously the […]
There has been talk of criminal background checks becoming part of Canada’s passport application but nothing seemed to be actually happening. I’m still not sure if it is but this article explores a little bit of the issue. There is also talk about pardons being mandatory for those applying for a passport but I believe there […]
I just spoke with a nice person who had been imprisoned for ten years for attempted murder. (You would be surprised how many of the people with serious records are the nicest people to speak to, on the other hand the shoplifters can be a nightmare). Some of his fellow inmates had explained to him […]
You know those ads on TV where everything just works out, and at the end of the Christmas holidays your credit card bill is zero? The last thing they say is something along the lines of “if only life was that easy!” If only! True enough. I sometimes wish that at the end of the day all of the problems were […]
Our new website is up and looking pretty sharp. Have a look around and if you have any comments on the layout, design, usability, etc we would love to hear what you have to say. The new look was kind of long overdue. National Pardon Centre: Canadian pardons and US entry waiver services
January is always a busy time at the National Pardon Centre. It some cases it is because people decide that removing a criminal record is their new years resolution but in a lot of cases it is because people have tried to travel over the holidays and found themselves stuck at the US border. Nobody wants […]
Well today at the National Pardon Centre we are all very excited because for the past few years we have been waiting patiently for our AFIS accreditation from the RCMP and Public Works Canada. This has been an ongoing project that has taken more than a little bit longer than expected. But such is the […]
American Pardons vs. Canadian Pardons I might sound like a broken record but I just have to say one more time how fair and just Canada’s pardon program seems in comparison to the biased system of our neighbours to the South. If there was ever an example of political favouritism the American presidential pardon system […]
With George Bush about to [finally] leave the White House there is a lot of talk in the news about who will receive the final presidential pardons. I have no personal interest in who does or does not receive a pardon from the George Bush but there is a part of me that thinks the […]
With George Bush about to [finally] leave the White House there is a lot of talk in the news about who will receive the final presidential pardons. I have no personal interest in who does or does not receive a pardon from the George Bush but there is a part of me that thinks the […]
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