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Does A Pardon Clear Your Criminal Record?

Committing a criminal act is a serious offence, and in some cases, that act may have negative repercussions for some members of the public, such as injury, or even death. Because of that, a criminal conviction entails a serious penalty that must be paid. In some instances, probationary time is also required to carefully monitor a transition back into society

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Pardons Canada Review – Removing a theft charge in Canada

Pardons Canada If you are charged for theft, there are many outcomes in court regarding the criminal record.  If it is a theft under $5000 conviction then its a summary offence and the waiting period to get a pardon is five years from the end of your punishment.  If it is a theft over $5000 then its an indictable offence

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When Can You Apply For A Pardon In Canada?

Being sentenced with a criminal conviction in Canada has inevitable, serious repercussions on the rest of a person’s life. There is often a jail sentence involved, sometimes even significant fines to pay, and even after a sentence is served, there may be probationary requirements to meet. Even after all that, once your legal commitments have been met, one thing remains,

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Which Countries Can You Travel To With A Canadian Criminal Record?

One of the great pleasures of the world is travel. It’s often both a fun experience, and an educational one that exposes people to new ways of thinking, new sights, sounds and food. In some cases, travel can be essential for work purposes. If you have an employer that sends you abroad, or you are professional that needs to go

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Pardons Canada Review – How to Remove a Conditional Discharge

Pardons Canada Often times when there is a criminal charge whether it is for assault, theft, harrasment, or fraud, if it was a first offence, then the judge can rule a discharge.  It can be a conditional or absolute discharge whereby the charges are essentially dismissed once the conditions are met by the offender. You may believe that once the

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Will A DUI Affect My Employment?

It’s a situation that many adults have found themselves in. You attend a party, you have a good time, and you enjoy a little bit of alcohol while you are there. However, you may not have been paying as much attention as you should have to the amount you were consuming. When the time comes to leave, you might not

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What Is The Typical Record Suspension Waiting Period?

It’s pretty much a given that every one of us is going to make a mistake at some point in our lives. It’s just the severity of that mistake that will differ from one person to the next. Harmless mistakes may have an impact on no one but ourselves. More serious mistakes may cost a person a relationship, or even

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Pardons Canada Review – How To Clear Criminal Record in Canada

Pardons Canada Many people call or email Pardons Canada trying to find out how to clear a criminal record for a past offence.  The process for clearing a criminal record really depends on the type of offence and how long ago it happened. Regardless, if you have been fingerprinted by the police then the criminal record can appear on a

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The Court Has Decided – Record Suspension Changes Violate Charter Rights

In 2012, the Canadian government, then under the authority of the Harper Conservative government, made some changes to the way that record suspensions (formerly known as “pardons”) operated in Canada. Specifically, they decided to lengthen the amount of wait time required before people could apply for a record suspension. Now, after some deliberation by the courts in British Columbia and

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Pardons Canada Review – How it feels to remove an assault conviction

Pardons Canada Assault is the most common criminal offence in Canada.  An assault conviction can come in many different forms including domestic assault, assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm.  Many assault charges are settled prior to a conviction being handed down in the form of a peace bond, stay of proceedings (stayed), withdrawn, dismissed, absolute discharge or conditional

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