Pardons Canada – New Employees and Volunteers Facing Delays with RCMP Criminal Background Checks

pardons.org Most employers in the country are requiring that you pass a criminal check before being hired. The same holds true for volunteers applying for a volunteer position. Because of a new law implemented July 2010, there has been significant delays in processing the RCMP files for criminal backgrounds. These delays are a result of…

Pardons Canada – Getting a Pardon, the PATH from Jail, Suicide, Mental Health, Divorce and Substance Abuse

pardons.org A Pardon is the final step in rehabilitating someone who has paid the penalty of committing a criminal offence. In some cases, people have experienced a lot of challenge in their lives and have turned to crime either intentionally or unintentionally. Often, the person’s past involves jail, suicide, mental health issues, divorce and substance…

Pardons Canada – Delayed RCMP Criminal Checks Causing Delays with Pardon Applications

pardons.org Most employers in Canada are now doing criminal checks on new employees as well as existing employees in some situations. As a result there has been a huge increase in demand for criminal checks with the RCMP. If you have a criminal charge that was stayed, dismissed, withdrawn, absolute or conditional discharge, then a…

Pardons Canada – No Matter How Old the Criminal Charge You Can Still Get Refused Entry at US Border

pardons.org We receive hundreds of calls each week from Canadians who are shocked that they have been refused entry to the US because of a criminal conviction that is decades old.  Even if they have gone back and forth to the US hundreds of times in the past, it just takes one customs office to…