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When will the pardon laws change? Conservative crime laws to be reversed by Liberal Government.

When Stephen Harper was defeated in the last election many of us in the criminal justice community breathed a sigh of relief. For ten years the Conservatives had attacked Canadian crime law with a clear disdain for sensible, evidence based solutions. Whether it was eliminating Pardons, killing the Faint Hope Clause, pushing mandatory minimum sentencesRead More

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Pardon Statistics 2014 – 2015

Pardon statistics are a bit more confusing than need be largely due to the crime bill introduced by the Conservative government in 2012. In case you haven’t heard pardons are now called record suspensions. For more information on that click below: Omnibus Crime Bill It should be noted that pardon applications stopped being submitted toRead More

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Trusted Pardons Not So Trustworthy

I have been relatively quiet on this topic for the past while because I got so fed up with chasing the same problem. But here we are again and I’m sorry to say that things haven’t gotten any better. Trusted Pardons Obtained This Person’s Email Without His Knowing The person who received the following emailRead More

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Radio Interview on CJAD with Michael Ashby

It took me awhile to get this up but you can listen to the radio interview I did on CJAd with a client of ours (not his real name). It was in response to the Parole Board’s announcement that there was no more funding left to deal with the last 5000 pardon application that wereRead More

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Pardon & Record Suspension Statistics 2013

Pardon Statistics – 2013 Since 1970 approximately 460, 000 pardons and record suspensions have been granted. Here are the statistics for 2012 – 2013, provided by the Parole Board of Canada. Pardons Granted – 612 Rate of success – 82% Record Suspensions Granted – 6,030 Rate of Success – 97% Royal Prerogative of Mercy ApplicationsRead More

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The 5 and 10 year waiting periods

Prior to the Conservative government’s omnibus crime bill people convicted of a crime in Canada would have to wait either 3 or 5 years for their eligibility for pardons. Then the waiting period was changed to 3, 5 or 10 years. Now it’s only 5 or 10 years. This should be confusing if you’re comingRead More

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Pardons, Pot and Tough on Crime: Director of the National Pardon Centre writing for the Toronto Star

The Toronto Star was supportive of our position on pardons and the tough on crime agenda that was pushed so effectively by the Conservative government. With Vic Toews, author of Bill C23 retiring and Rob Nicholson having been moved from the Justice portfolio to Defence perhaps the worst of the crime push is finally over. If itRead More

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Public Forum on the New Pardon System

Nicole And I were Invited to participate in the following public forum on the pardons legislation. We will me speaking members of the panel along with representatives from theÂ St. Leonard’s Society of Ottawa, the John Howard Society of Ottawa, and representativesÂ from the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies. Below is the press release for thisRead More

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Pardons – What’s New?

PARDONS COST INCREASE Sadly the big news in pardons is that the cost of getting one has skyrocketed. Following legislative changes championed by the Conservative government the fee for filing your application with the Parole Board of Canada went from $50 to $631. And of course most service providers, having wasted so many resources fightingRead More

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Parole Board Now Working on Pardons

Since the announcement by the Parole Board of Canada that record suspensions (specifically the ones priced at $631) would be treated before older pardon applications we have understandably had some unhappy clients. We thought that applications submitted to the Parole Board would be dealt with on a first come first serve basis. But when theRead More

When will the pardon laws change? Conservative crime laws to be reversed by Liberal Government.

Pardon Statistics 2014 – 2015

Trusted Pardons Not So Trustworthy

Radio Interview on CJAD with Michael Ashby

Pardon & Record Suspension Statistics 2013

The 5 and 10 year waiting periods

Pardons, Pot and Tough on Crime: Director of the National Pardon Centre writing for the Toronto Star

Public Forum on the New Pardon System

Pardons – What’s New?

Parole Board Now Working on Pardons

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