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Record Suspension, YouTube edition

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Everyone who reads this blog already knows that you don't need a lawyer to get an I-194 US waiver. The application and interview – although bureaucratic – is something you can do yourself. Well, it's the same with a Record Suspension (formally called a Pardon) and the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) is doing their best to teach the public this important fact.

The Parole Board of Canada on YouTube

Last February the PBC created a YouTube channel that already has a surprisingly good list of helpful content. While not recognized by the US, it's still quite obvious that getting a Record Suspension is a good idea. If you've started your application and need some help, PBC has created this short 4 minute video "Tips for completing a Record Suspension Application".


The main point PBC is trying to share is that you don't need a pardon services company to make an application for a Record Suspension. To emphasize this point, PBC has even created a complete educational video series on "How to Apply for a Record Suspension". 17 segments long containing 7 chapters it should certainly be enough to help even the most unacademic of us Canadian criminal record bearers. Have you already used the Parole Board tutorials to help in your pardon application? Add a comment about your experience.

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  1. UnknownDecember 3, 2015 at 1:15 PM

    Under the Conservative Government, our Pardon system was changed under the guise of "crime and punishment".
    Canada had the ONLY Pardon system of its kind in the world, and it was unique.
    It was FAIR.
    It simply allowed people with older criminal records to find employment.
    The Conservatives used it as a political tool. They made pardons more expensive and "tougher". They appointed their friends and donors to the Parole Board with instructions to "re-try past offenders" because they believe the judges were too "lenient".
    The implementation of this policy did nothing to prevent crime.
    It did succeed in stopping thousands of pardons. In preventing thousands of people from getting employment. From those people better taking care of thousands of children.
    It kept scores of single moms on social assistance. It cost taxpayers in Ontario alone hundreds of thousands of dollars by effectively trapping people on social assistance and preventing them from paying taxes.
    It de-motivated, demoralized and discouraged many people in vulnerable situations already. It pushed people further to the margins of society.
    Instead of giving people an opportunity to legitimately go the "right way", it cut off that avenue and literally encouraged them to return to crime.

    It showed the Conservatives cared more about punishment than prevention, retribution more than compassion.
    That may be the Conservative way, but I do not believe it is the Canadian way.
    We want the Trudeau Government to BRING BACK FAIRNESS.

    Sign our petition at www.bringbackfairness.com.

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