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 – Criminal Background Checks with RCMP Files Still Delayed

pardons.org These days it seems every employer in the country is conducting criminal checks.  If you have been fingerprinted for a criminal charge, even if the charge was absolute or conditional discharge, withdrawn, stayed or dismissed, then there will be a red flag. Once a red flag is there, the employer usually requires an RCMP…

Pardons Canada – Criminal Charges that are Withdrawn, Dismissed, Stayed, Conditional or Absolute Discharge Will Still Show Up on a Criminal Check

pardons.org We recieve hundreds of calls each day from people who have been rejected from a job because they have an old criminal charge. Many believe that if the criminal charge has been dismissed, withdrawn, stayed, absolute or conditional discharged, then the charges will go away and no one will see anything.  This assumption is…