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New Canadian Pardon Rules

The New Canadian Pardon Rules – Bill C-10 and Bill C-23A Explained The New Canadian Pardon rules were established with two separate pieces of legislation; Bill C10 and Bill C23A. The bill to amend the criminal records act was first introduced as Bill C23. At the time however the Conservative held only a minority government.Read More

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Pardon Changes – CBC Power and Politics – 1 year later

Power and Politics I was lucky enough to be invited to be interviewed on CBC’s Power and Politics. The invitation was a result of another invitation to speak at the Discussion Panel mentioned in the previous post. It all concerns the pardon changes that took place over a year ago as a result of the Conservative’sRead More

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How to get a pardon – circa 2002

It has now been more than ten years since the National Pardon Centre opened its doors. Back then pardons were kind of a new thing, especially in Montreal where our first office is located. I guess that’s why Canada Now did a news story on our opening. Ten years later I can’t help but lookRead More

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Canadian Pardon Waiting Period – 5 and 10

If getting a Canadian pardon has been a concern to you in the past couple of years and you don’t know the significance of 5 and 10 years then you must have been living in a cave, maybe on the moon or on Mars or somewhere in the Kuiper belt. It would have been hardRead More

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Pardons in Canada

It is important to realize that pardons in Canada are no longer officially called pardons. AsÂ a result of the Conservative government’s omnibus crime bill, bill C-10 the term pardon in Canada has been replaced with record suspension. Therefore from a narrow view of the matter pardons in Canada no longer exist. However, since aRead More

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Pardons in 2013 -What happened?

With 2012 behind us and with it the fight over the pardons legislation that gave us Bill C23B it’s time to review some of the important things going on and other developments in the pardons business. So let’s review. Pardons are now officially called record suspensions. In other news, almost no one knows what aRead More

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You can still get a pardon

Bill C23B contained a lot of ineffective ideas that haven’t the faintest hope of making anyone any safer. But one thing is thankfully did not do was eliminate pardons. Although some of our competitors made easy sales by saying pardons would no longer be possible once the bill passed, this was simply not true. BillRead More

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Increased Waiting Periods for a Pardon

Waiting Periods for a Pardon – What happened? Since the legislation from Bill C23B came into effect as a part of the Conservative’s omnibus crime bill, Bill C10 I have been getting a lot of frustrated people expressing their views on the topic on this blog. I just want to say that I understand andRead More

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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 spentRead More

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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 thisRead More

New Canadian Pardon Rules

Pardon Changes – CBC Power and Politics – 1 year later

How to get a pardon – circa 2002

Canadian Pardon Waiting Period – 5 and 10

Pardons in Canada

Pardons in 2013 -What happened?

You can still get a pardon

Increased Waiting Periods for a Pardon

Pardons Are Not About Forgiveness

Pardon the Agenda

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