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  • Parole Board’s authority to revoke a pardon challenged in Federal Court.

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    TORONTO — Revoking a criminal pardon solely on the basis that RCMP have accused a man of plotting to attack a passenger train is unfair and a violation of his right to remain silent, Federal Court heard Monday. This was the argument put forth in court by Jaser’s lawyer who I have exchanged emails with,…

  • New Canadian Pardon Rules

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    The New Canadian Pardon Rules – Bill C-10 and Bill C-23A Explained The New Canadian Pardon rules were established with two separate pieces of legislation; Bill C10 and Bill C23A. The bill to amend the criminal records act was first introduced as Bill C23. At the time however the Conservative held only a minority government.…

  • National Parole Board Pardon Fee Increase

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    During our presentation to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security one of the items we decided to discuss was the proposed National Parole Board pardon fee increase. We didn’t agree with it. We have known for some time that a fee increase was coming but we thought we give it a shot and…

  • Record Suspension Specialists

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    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,…

  • Pardons in 2013 -What happened?

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    With 2012 behind us and with it the fight over the pardons legislation that gave us Bill C23B it’s time to review some of the important things going on and other developments in the pardons business. So let’s review. Pardons are now officially called record suspensions. In other news, almost no one knows what a…

  • Bill C23B becomes law

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    The omnibus crime bill passed despite heated opposition. Everything that could ever be said about the bill has already been said ad nauseum so let’s just move on. The measures contained previously in Bill C23B came into law with the passing of the omnibus crime bill, bill C10. Therefore pardons are now record suspensions but…

  • What’s in a Name?

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    Yesterday, the House of Commons (despite the best efforts of the Opposition) passed Bill C10. The Bill has already been approved by the Senate and must receive Royal Assent before it becomes law but that normally occurs within a matter of days. There are also provisions within the Bill that will allow the different sections…

  • Record Suspension – omnibus crime bill passes

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    Record Suspension The Conservatives omnibus crime bill passed on March 12, 2012. The various pieces of legislation have yet to take effect so at the moment a record suspension is still called a pardon. But in the near future the name will be changed and Canadians will be applying for a record suspension rather than…

  • Pardon the Agenda

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    Pardon the agenda The Conservatives not only wants to send more people to jail more often and for longer periods of time, they want to make sure that those who finally get out will not work a decent job for as long as possible. They want to prevent people from obtaining a pardon. In this…

  • Stop the Omnibus crime bill

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    The Senate is now debating the Omnibus crime bill. All of us opposed to this legislation are hoping that an actual debate will take place with real people this time rather than the just another faux meeting of Conservative puppet politicians ignoring the universal criticism. One organization that is highly critical of the misguided bill…