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Comment on Pardon me, please by tom

tom — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:51:17 +0000

i disagree about any counter attendant not required to have a record check. why? The counter person is in a position of trust. When I hand over money, or any information, I expect a fair exchange. If the person behind the counter, short change me, or even is involved in credit fraud, then all trust and credibility is gone for that company. Other positions don’t really need a check unless the person shows malice behavior. IMO of course.

Comment on What is a purge and file destruction? by keven biagioni

keven biagioni — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:53:01 +0000

does this purge also count for non criminal records for information that may have been taken by a local police department. Example being place in the drunk tank or information taken on you after a fight?

Comment on Tell your story and help save the pardon system! by Andy

Andy — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:18:19 +0000

My life was fine untill my in-laws visited. They convinced my wife who was going through some pregnancy issues similar to our first pregnancy, that her concerns were enormous. I was physically beaten in front of my two year old daughter as my mother-inlaw and her sisters watched. They convinced her to abort, which she now regrets. While driving during rush hour my wife went into a rage, I begged her to be quiet but to no avail, and felt force to pull over since my daughter was crying “daddy help”, not knowing what to do, I attempted to seporate my wife from my daughter so she could cool down, but my wife jumped at me and I pushed her off with my hands on her neck. The police saw she had no marks, and that she was irrate, but you can guess the rest. I lost my job because of that and have had some sleep problems since.

Comment on Tell your story and help save the pardon system! by Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:31:10 +0000

I’ve just tried to go back to school, so that I can become a better earner. Turned down because of a criminal record. Crime is increasingly committed by minimum wage earners, unable to cover basic expenses. But that’s what we’ll all be sentenced to become, if the stigma sticks for a life time. Five years is four too many in most cases.

Comment on Tell your story and help save the pardon system! by Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:24:01 +0000

Two enumerators came pounding on my door on a day when I was meeting a deadline as a writer. I told them that I enumerated in the county where I own my home, not here in the county of my boyfriend. “Oh no.”, they insisted, “You have to enumerate here. It’s the law.” No matter how I tried to reason with them, they would not go away and started pounding on the other door of the building. I should have had them arrested for tresspassing. This is the way of life now. It’s all about who calls the police first. Instead, I opened my window and asked them if they were retarded. This was considered assault by the police. Why? Because one of the two was borderline retarded, as it turned out. Verbal assault is considered assault, apparently, at least by this small town officer without enough to do. So for five years I’ve been living the life of a criminal, because I wanted to get my work done that day, and knew the law about enumerating where you own your home. If Pardons didn’t exist, I’d spend the rest of my life unable to rent apartments where I go for my work, unable to cross a border for either work or pleasure, unable to seek regular employment, or volunteer to work with children, even as a lunch monitor.

Comment on Pardon me, please by Brett

Brett — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:29:00 +0000

Thanks for the statistics.

Criminal record checks by companies are reaching a levels that make it near impossible for persons with a record to find employment. This creates many more social problems than it solves. In essence it is a discriminatory exercise. While I believe it is relevant for institutions like government, childcare, banking etc, to have background check policies; I believe the process is simply abused by businesses overall.

Business owners have the right to hire who they want, but I don’t feel that they should be able to require police checks for every position and applicant. That is blanket discrimination. I think corporate Canada should have to establish a viable reason for requiring a background check for any particular position. If the position doesn’t fall inside the margins of such a justification they should not be legally able to ask for a CPIC. Here’s another though, maybe make all minimum wage positions ineligible for background checks.

For example, should a counter attendant at Tim Horton’s really have to shell out money for a CPIC? Would “not” requiring CPICs for such a position raise theft rates in Tim Horton’s?

Comment on Racontez votre histoire et aidez à sauvegarder le programme de Pardon! by Manon Lajoie

Manon Lajoie — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:11:38 +0000

Suite à un voie de fait que j’ai commis en état d’ébriété avancé et à mon accusation, j’ai eu d’importants remords

alors j’ai suivi une thérapie intensive de 28 jours et ensuite, j’ai aussi entreprit une réinsertion sociale de 3 mois.

J’ai complètement arrêté de prendre de l’alcool et je fais régulièrement des meetings N.A. Je ne consomme plus, je

suis en train de faire des études pour devenir infirmière. J’ai apprit ma leçon et cet événement m’a amené à me

prendre en main, je n’aurais aucunement mérité qu’on me refuse le pardon après tous les efforts que j’ai mit dans

ma vie. Ça l’aurait été injuste.

Comment on Pardon vs. Purge and File Destruction by Muhammad G. Malik

Muhammad G. Malik — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:38:32 +0000

I was arrested on an allegation of sexual assault. I have been found NOT GUILITY and the case has been dismissed on October 28, 2009.

I asked for a police vulnerable screening. The charge appeared on the report.

How can I get this expunged?

Comment on Racontez votre histoire et aidez à sauvegarder le programme de Pardon! by François Junior Lévesque

François Junior Lévesque — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:09:51 +0000

Le pardon est une chose qui ne me disait rien avant de me reprendre en main. Je suis maintenant cammionneur et ce pardon pourras me permettre de travailler sur les routes américaine et australienne. Je suis d’accord qu’il ne doit pas être facile pour tous d’obtenir sont pardon dépendmment du cas. Donc le cas par cas devrait appliqué
pour tous. Voir s’ouvrir toute les portes du metier est bien satisfesant et motivant.
Pour tout dire sa a changer ma vie pour le mieux.
Pour finir, ce n’est pas parcqu’on a commis un ou des actes criminels dans le passer qu’il faut être voué a une vie mediocre san possibiliter.
Bon vous voyez ce que je veux dire alors bonne vie a tous

Comment on Canadian Criminal Offence: Summary vs. Indictable by Michael

Michael — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:26:27 +0000

Techinically there is no restriction to getting multiple pardons. But I am not sure if you mean one pardon for multiple offences (no restriction at all) or multiple pardons due to previous pardons having been revoked.