Pardons Canada – Ex-Offenders Concerned about New Proposed Pardon Legislation Bill C23
Pardons Canada Our phones and emails have been busy recently due to the Tories proposal to change the existing Pardon legislation. If the changes go through and become law, it will make it harder for certain people to obtain a pardon. Right now, most employers in the country are running criminal checks on prospective employees […]
Pardons Canada – A Conditional Discharge Can Haunt You Well Beyond the Sentence
Pardons Canada Some people believe that a conditional discharge will simply disappear over time. This is not the case. Your fingerprints, photos, court and police records can stay on record until you apply for a File Destruction. The Americans do not distinguish between a suspended sentence, regular conviction or conditional or absolute discharge. If they […]
Pardons Canada – Bill C-23 New Pardon Legislation Agreement
Pardons Canada There is currently a lot of attention surrounding the new Pardon legislation being proposed by the government. In a haste to stave off Karla Homolka being pardoned in July, the Tories have tried to push through Bill C23 before Parliament breaks for the summer. Bill C23 in its full form proposes many changes […]
Pardons Canada – Canada’s Crime Rate Falls in 2009
Pardons Canada Each year Statistics Canada comes out with information regarding crime in Canada. In 2009, there were over 2.1 Million crime related reports to the police. This does not mean that 2.1 Million people got into trouble with the police. The top three convictions were Impaired Driving or DUI, Assault and Theft Under 5000. […]
Pardons Canada – 10 Reasons to Oppose Bill C-10 Omnibus Crime Bill
Pardons Canada We have been against the proposal to change the rules for pardons proposed under Bill C23 ever since the government introduced the legislation over one year ago. The Pardons system is working as evidenced by the incredibly low number of those re-offending once a pardon is granted. Changing the name from “Pardons” to […]
Pardons Canada – A 40 Yr. Old Criminal Conviction Can Prevent You From Traveling to the US
Pardons Canada Each day we recieve calls from distressed Canadians who have been turned away at the US border because of old criminal charges and convictions. Even if you have traveled to the US one hundred times, you may still be denied entry if a particular US border official decides to do a random criminal […]
Pardons Canada – RCMP Delays for Pardons Not Getting Better
Pardons Canada One of the steps in applying for a Pardon is to obtain an RCMP file which highlights your convictions. This process is necessary for completing the pardon application. If you have been charged but not convicted ie conditional or absolute discharge, stayed, peace bond, withdrawn, dismissed, then your information will still show up […]
Pardons Canada – NEXUS Will Be Denied With Any Past Criminal Involvement
Pardons Canada Each day we get a number of calls or emails from people who are shocked to find out that the Americans know about their criminal charges even though in most cases, the charges were either withdrawn, dismissed, stayed, absolute or conditionally discharged. A criminal check done by NEXUS will indeed turn up any […]
Pardons Canada – Proposal for Raising Pardon Fees Unfair
Pardons Canada The federal government is proposing to significantly raise the fees for a pardon. In order to do this, they had to conduct a public forum outlining their plan and recieve feedback from the public. Over 1000 people objected to the proposal to raise the fees for a pardon and only a handful were […]
Pardons Canada – No Matter How Old the Criminal Charge You Can Still Get Refused Entry at US Border
Pardons Canada We receive hundreds of calls each week from Canadians who are shocked that they have been refused entry to the US because of a criminal conviction that is decades old. Even if they have gone back and forth to the US hundreds of times in the past, it just takes one customs office […]
Pardons Canada – The Importance of Pardons In Canada
Pardons Canada We have been helping people obtain Pardons in Canada for 20 years and each day we hear stories about how people have rehabilitated from their criminal past. They call us because even though the criminal offence happened many years in the past, the criminal offence is still haunting them. Having a criminal record […]
Pardons Canada – Bill C23B – Summary of Recent Meeting at Standing Committee
Pardons Canada We have recently been active in Ottawa debating the proposed pardons legislation Bill C23B. We are concerned about the impact the changes will have on those who have been rehabilitated but cannot get employment in Canada because of the new rules in obtaining a Pardon. Here is a summary of what took place […]
Pardons Canada – Bill C-23B Proposal for Changes to Pardon Legislation Being Debated This Month
Pardons Canada The Federal Government is currently proposing some significant changes to the Pardon legislation that could make it harder to get pardons and that is trying to eliminate the word “pardon” and replace it with “record suspension.” Pardons Canada is currently working closely with government officials at the committee level to oppose certain proposed […]
Pardons Canada – Peace Bond for Assault Charges Will Show Up on Criminal Checks
Pardons Canada We have recieved numerous calls from people who were in shock that a Peace Bond was showing up in a criminal check conducted by an employer or US Customs officer. If you have been fingerprinted for an assault or uttering threats charge, and the charges were later stayed, dismissed, withdrawn, peace bond, absolute […]
Pardons Canada – Government Processing Fees for Pardons May Rise Soon
Pardons Canada There has been a large increase in Pardons applications because most employers in Canada are running criminal checks on new employers and in some cases, existing employers. This means that anyone with an old criminal record requires a Pardon if they want to be safe to get a job. Also, the Americans are […]
