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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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Federal Pardon Waiver Services

This post refers specifically to the company operating under the name Federal Pardon Waiver Services but is also a commentary on the general problems associated with this industry. If you want an honest team give me a call. At the National Pardon Centre your file is in good (and honest) hands. Unfortunately I’m forced to discuss theRead 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 backlog – If you’re stuck at the Parole Board of Canada

Pardons Backlog – If application for a pardon is stuck in the backlog at the Parole Board of Canada the chances are that there is not much information I can give you that you don’t already know. I am happy to discuss things with our clients and even with some of you who are not ourRead More

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Cow and Dogs On Trial

Obviously there has been a lot of negativity in the pardon and waivers industry lately that we don’t need to go over again. So with this post I thought I would lighten it up a bit, just for a change. I always loved the Far Side so when I stumbled across these and they wereRead 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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Tough On Crime or Tough On Employment?

The Toronto Star has been very supportive of the fight against the Tories tough on crime agenda. This is the fourth opinion piece of mine it has published and I would like to say how much we appreciate the support here at the National Pardon Centre. There is certainly room for improvement in Canada’s justiceRead More

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Pardon Companies – Which Did You Hire?

With the Parole Board backed up and the unregulated industry that is pardon and waiver services growing saturated I have inevitably been fielding a lot of calls from people whose Canadian pardonÂ application is in limbo (which, incidentally, is now called a record suspension). Sometimes it is the fault of the pardon company but sometimes itRead More

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Pardons in 2013 cont…

There was an interesting article today about the plummeting rate at which pardons are being granted by the Parole Board of Canada, or rather the rate at which pardons are NOT being granted. This is all the result of course of the notoriously misguided tough on crime legislation the Conservative’s introduced after gaining its majorityRead 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

How to get a pardon – circa 2002

Federal Pardon Waiver Services

Canadian Pardon Waiting Period – 5 and 10

Pardons backlog – If you’re stuck at the Parole Board of Canada

Cow and Dogs On Trial

Pardons – What’s New?

Tough On Crime or Tough On Employment?

Pardon Companies – Which Did You Hire?

Pardons in 2013 cont…

Pardons in Canada

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