Tag: Conservative Government
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The Tories Were Wrong on Pardons. Let’s Hope the Grits Get it Right.
Shortly after the Liberal Government was elected Ralph Goodale – the New Minister of Public Safety – announced a complete review of the pardon program. It was urgently needed due to the heavy handed changes made under the previous Conservative government. Tough on Crime Costs Everyone The changes that were made to the pardon program…
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When will the pardon laws change? Conservative crime laws to be reversed by Liberal Government.
When Stephen Harper was defeated in the last election many of us in the criminal justice community breathed a sigh of relief. For ten years the Conservatives had attacked Canadian crime law with a clear disdain for sensible, evidence based solutions. Whether it was eliminating Pardons, killing the Faint Hope Clause, pushing mandatory minimum sentences…
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The Tories Were Wrong on Pardons
It’s hard to imagine a Canadian government more incompetent on social issues than the Federal Conservatives were on criminal justice. Take the pardon program for example. Under the leadership of Stephen Harper changes were made to the pardon system that cut the number of applicants by more than half. From 2012 to 2015 requests dropped…
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Breaking News – Liberals Announce Pardon Overhaul
Great news! Today Ralph Goodale, Public Safety Minister, announced a plan to overhaul Canada’s pardon system which was made, in Goodale’s words, more punitive under the Conservative government. I couldn’t agree more. The changes to the pardon system were done purely for political reasons and I believe the Conservative government should be ashamed of its…
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Blog Testimonials – Pardon Legislation – AS
Since the Liberal Victory I have been receiving emails from people willing to tell their story about how the Conservative government’s changes to the pardon program unfairly held them back. The story always seems to be the same. These people made mistakes but they changed and wanted to turn their lives around. But instead of…
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Blog Testimonials – Pardon Legislation – Randy Gray
I seem to be getting a lot of people interested to know if the Liberal’s are going to change the pardon laws. Unfortunately I don’t have an answer yet since the Justice Minister has a lot on her plate. Plus it’s holiday time so the government isn’t doing anything. But keep watching because as soon…
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Blog Testimonial #4
Since the Liberal Victory I have been receiving emails from people willing to tell their story about how the Conservative government’s changes to the pardon program unfairly held them back. The story always seems to be the same. These people made mistakes but they changed and wanted to turn their lives around. But instead of…
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Blog Testimonial #3
Since the Liberal Victory I have been receiving emails from people willing to tell their story about how the Conservative government’s changes to the pardon program unfairly held them back. The story always seems to be the same. These people made mistakes but they changed and wanted to turn their lives around. But instead of…
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Update: Liberal Policy on Pardons
I have met with Marc Garneau who is the Liberal MP in the riding where I live. M. Garneau is the Minister of Transportation so the topic is not his area of expertise, of course . But he is also an exceptionally bright man and he understood exactly why the changes we wished to discuss…
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Can I Get a Pardon For Free?
In Canada there is no way to get a pardon without paying for it. Regardless of whether someone prepares an application on their own or uses the services of a third party. The cost of getting a pardon can be broken down into two parts which we will take a closer look at. The cost…