In early 2012, the Canadian Government made sweeping changes to the Parole Board of Canada via the ' The Safe Streets and Communities Act' (Bill C-10) . As of March 13, 2012, the term "pardon" was been replaced with "record suspension". Click here for changes to eligibility . My update. I started my Pardon (Record Suspension) process through a third-party service Pardons Canada back in February, 2010. The actual application was filed by them to the Parole Board (PBC) in March, 2011. So it's been about 18 months since filing and I've still not received my response. Back in June, I wrote to Pardons Canada for an update and they responded: Your Pardon application has been with the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) since March 3, 2011. The file is no longer in our hands. We are now waiting for the PBC to give their final approval. Please be patient as there are delays due to changes of legislation to the Pardon rules. Please click here www.pardo...