Pardons Canada – Record Suspensions for 80,000 Impaired Driving Charges in Canada
Pardons Canada Each year the government provides crime rate statistics and the latest statistics for 2012 are now available. The government is boasting a drop in the crime rate but the number of criminal incidents in Canada is still approximately 2,000,000. This amount of incidents has been around the two million mark since the 1970’s […]
Pardons Canada – The Burden of a Theft Charge Lifted by a Pardon (Record Suspension)
Pardons Canada Each day we help many people across the country to obtain a pardon or record suspension for an old criminal record. Often times the criminal record lingers in the psyche of the person long after the offence happened. The criminal record stays on file forever until a pardon is granted. Once the pardon […]
Pardons Canada – Can’t Get a Job With a Criminal Record
Pardons Canada It seems that every employer in the country is doing criminal background checks. No matter how old the conviction is or how seemingly insignificant it was in the past, you are not getting work if you have a criminal record. The question on almost every employment application is “Do you have a criminal […]
Pardons Canada – Thousands Could Face Deportation For Minor Crimes Under Tory Bill
Pardons Canada The Tory government is proposing legislation (Bill C-43) that could affect thousands of permanent residents who have minor convictions, including shoplifting, assault, and drug offences. These immigrants could lose their permanent residence status or be deported under the new law. If you have a criminal record, its important to start the Pardon/Record Suspension […]
Pardons Canada – Getting a Pardon in Canada and Becoming a Successful Author
Criminal justice system success stories are all around us, though as a society, we don’t often hear about them, do we? Not nearly enough, in my opinion, but perhaps I’m biased, since I’m one of them. These days, the focus seems to be lasered-in on the rush to success, living your life, having a family, […]
Pardons Canada – Once A Pardon/Record Suspension is Granted there is Freedom
Pardons Canada We often receive thank you letters from clients we have helped to obtain a Pardon or US Entry Waiver and they express their relief of the burden of having a criminal record being lifted. Here is a thank you letter from a person we recently helped to obtain a pardon and Record Suspension: […]
Pardons Canada – The Bureaucratic Process of Obtaining a Pardon/Record Suspension
Pardons Canada Each day we receive hundreds of calls and emails from people who need their old criminal charge or conviction removed in order to gain employment, get a promotion, volunteer or travel to the US. The process of obtaining a pardon and record suspension is lengthy and complicated and requires a lot of paperwork […]
Pardons Canada – Person with Peace Bond for Common Assault Gets Refused Entry to US
Pardons Canada We receive hundreds of calls and emails each week from people who are turned away at the US border because of an old criminal record. The Americans are becoming much more strict at the border and will deny you entry even if your criminal charge was withdrawn, dismissed, stayed, peace bond, absolute or […]
Pardons Canada – You Cannot Volunteer or Coach with a Criminal Record
Pardons Canada There are many reasons why people choose to obtain a pardon/record suspension. Mostly it is for employment or travel but often times volunteer positions and coaching for children’s sports teams now require a clean criminal background check. If you have a criminal record and even if the charges were withdrawn, dismissed, stayed, absolute […]
Pardons Canada – Bill C10 – A Human Perspective on the Negative Impact of the Bill
Pardons Canada There are many lives that have been negatively affected as a result of the new Omnibus Crime Bill C10. The change in Pardons legislation in making people wait longer to recieve a pardon (now termed “record suspension”) has put thousands of lives on hold. Effectively, delaying their opportunity to get jobs or travel […]
Pardons Canada – Bill C10 Omnibus Crime Bill – A Majority Government Circumvents Due Process
Pardons Canada The Harper government is passing Bill C10, known as the Omnibus Crime Bill by steamrolling past opposition and by severely limiting debate on the subject in Parliament. At Pardons Canada, we have been outspoken critics of Bill C10 and prior Bill C23 since its inception and we are not the only ones. Irwin […]
Pardons Canada – Bill C-10 The Final Countdown to the Omnibus Crime Bill
Pardons Canada Bill C10 and the Omnibus Crime Bill is set to pass into law shortly and will have a radical affect on a number of aspects of the criminal code including the pardons system. Pardons Canada and other legal advocates have been opposed to Bill C10 from the beginning but the federal government is […]
Pardons Canada – Ominbus Crime Bill and Its Affect on Pardons
Pardons Canada The Omnibus crime bill C-10 is now before the Senate for final approval. The Conservative Harper govt. is proposing changes to the Pardons rules that will make it harder to get in the future. The unfortunate part about these stricter rules is that the current Pardons system works, with a very low number […]
Pardons Canada – Bill C10 and Bill C23 Will Make It Harder to Get Pardons
Pardons Canada We have been blogging and lobbying against Bill C23 and now Bill C10 for over one year but it seems the Conservative govt. is poised to pass the Bill without any regard to the opposing views. The good news is that Pardons are NOT going away. Record Suspensions (proposed new name for Pardons) […]
Pardons Canada – Liberal Senators Oppose Omnibus Bill C10
Pardons Canada The omnibus Bill C10 is currently before the Senate for final approval. At Pardons Canada we have been opposed to the changes set out in the original Bill C23 affecting Pardons in Canada especially relating to their proposal to change the terminology to “Record Suspension” and the longer wait times to be eligible […]
