Author: Birgit Granberg
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Record Suspension Specialists
Record Suspension Specialists – ? When the term pardon was changed to record suspension a lot people were upset. It’s understandable. We’ve been in the business of doing pardons since 2002 and all of our marketing effort is focused on the word pardon. All the names in the industry use the word pardon and frankly,…
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Finding A Job With A Criminal Record
Finding a job with a criminal record is an uphill battle. More and more employers are requiring background checks making the hunt even harder than before. When a good job offer finally comes your way you want to be sure that nothing stands between you and getting your career on track. We’ve all made mistakes.…
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Do I Need a Pardon to Remove My Criminal Record?
Two of the most common questions we are asked at the National Pardon Centre are do I have a criminal record and/or do I need a pardon? If you have been to court you have a criminal record and you are most likely in need of a pardon. Depending on the outcome you may require…
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Senate in no rush on crime bill
I don’t want to get my hopes up that the crime bill will be amended in favour of the pardon program’s current criteria but at least the Tory controlled senate is showing some retraint when it comes to passing the legislation. I don’t think the Conservatives had much choice in the matter. After trying to…
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Crime Bill Passes the House
The Omnibus crime bill cleared the House of Commons yesterday much to nobody’s surprise. There remains the faintest of hopes that we will still see some amendments but I am certainly not going to hold my breath. Mind you the way this “debate” has been handled it would be fair to expect the absurd rather…
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How to Clear Your Criminal Record
National Pardon Centre’s Director, Michael Ashby conveys the easiest and most effective way to clear your criminal record with a Canadian pardon.
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Unpardonable policy: The Toronto Star
The Toronto Star picked up an editorial of mine that calls on the Conservative government to see reason on the crime bill, specifically on the pardons section. Of course I am not naà¯ve enough to think it might actually make a difference but I still think it is important to have our views expressed. To…
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Tories Willing to Discuss Crime Bill?
Sometimes what bothers me about this crime bill is not how bad most of the measures are. After all we all have different values and if the Conservatives value punishment over rehabilitation that is their prerogative. It isn’t even that the measures don’t have a faint hope of accomplishing what they are supposed to. I…
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The Pardon Association of Canada
The National Pardon Centre is happy to announce the launch of the Pardon Association of Canada. National Pardon Centre and Pardons Canada have founded Canada’s first industry association for pardon and waiver service providers. The site and the association are very new so we are still just two members but we hope to attract a…
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National Pardon Centre Supports These Movements
There are a couple of organizations doing a very good job of promoting opposition to the Harper crime bill which has shown itself to be so full of ideology as to be completely separated from reality. It is a shame that many people take this form of politicking seriously but that is the nature of…