Author: Birgit Granberg
-
Fingerprinting in Canada
Fingerprinting in Canada is the first step in both a pardon and a waiver application and must be completed by all persons making these applications. I am often asked by clients applying for a pardon why it is necessary, seeing as the police took the fingerprints at the time of arrest. There is a difference, of…
-
Jack Layton calls for “adult conversation” on marijuana legalization
The time for changing the marijuana laws is long past. Saddling good people with criminal records for something every single person I know has at least tried is clearly absurd. So it is nice to see at least one of our party leaders at least calling for a debate on the topic. See the quick…
-
Time Frames for a Canadian Pardon
After a few years of very fast processing times for pardons applications (fast being a relative term of course) we have had to change our time frames. Pardons were being processed as quickly as 2 months for some expedited applications and 8 months for standard applications. However, due to the recent legislative debates over pardons…
-
Sex offender legislation: Myths and realities
I have been communicating with the author from the following article concerning Bill C-23B as we are both opposed to the legislation as well as the conservative’s tough on crime agenda. And Happy Holidays to everyone. Stay safe! By Steven Yoon, Special to the Sun December 23, 2010 Sexual offending: It’s a topic that engenders…
-
Television Documentary: Casting Call
We received in inquiry recently from a company in England called WEE (wide Eyed Entertainment) and the folks there are looking for people to interview in a documentary about life after prison. We don’t deal with a lot of people who have spent any time in jail but it sounds like an interesting project nonetheless.…
-
BBB Accreditation Calgary
For some reason the BBB does not allow a company to have one accreditation for multiple locations. Instead we need individual accreditations that apply specifically to each office location, even though it is one company. This is fine it just means that I have to have another blog entry linking to the specific BBB page.…
-
Russian Search Results :: Yandex
I was reading an article the other day about how the Russian search engine Yandex is gaining in popularity. Of course it will never rival google for any of us here in the English speaking world but nonetheless I couldn’t resist searching “National Pardon Centre” just to see what popped up. Well here you are.…
-
Unfortunately I need to say this…AGAIN!
One of my competitors is such a nuisance that I feel I need to reiterate a point I have been making concerning the pardon and waiver service industry. My impression of most of my competitors is that they are small but competent companies run by honest people. But unfortunately this industry still has a bad…
-
Pardons and Waivers When the Weather is Warm
The pardon services industry slows down considerably in the summer which is good for vacation time but bad for business. It is understandable that fewer people have a pardon or waiver on their mind. When the sun is out and the weather is warm most of us are focusing on vacation and barbecues. We don’t…
-
Presidential Pardons
With George Bush about to [finally] leave the White House there is a lot of talk in the news about who will receive the final presidential pardons. I have no personal interest in who does or does not receive a pardon from the George Bush but there is a part of me that thinks the…