Public Safety committee  It's top of my mind; trust me.

Public Safety committee  I met with a number of criminal justice organizations: John Howard Society, Elizabeth Fry Society, the St. Leonard's Society, members of the National Associations Active in Criminal Justice. We also had an online survey a couple of years ago about the pardon system generally. One

Public Safety committee  That would be either the charge from the local police record or from the court record.

Public Safety committee  The court record should if the police charge didn't.

Public Safety committee  Sometimes, but not always.

Public Safety committee  The local police record shows a few things. It will show whether or not it was the right substance, but also whether they have any other records on conviction that were not in the RCMP, and some of those summary convictions could be quite serious. They could be assault, for insta

Public Safety committee  That's right. To get the pardon, you need to have satisfied the wait periods for all of the convictions on your record. In the case where your only conviction is for possession of cannabis, you will have satisfied the wait period, because we've waived the wait period.

Public Safety committee  No, it could not.

Public Safety committee  Let's remember a charge is a charge. It hasn't been tried in court. It may have been pleaded down because there wasn't enough evidence. It may not even have been pleaded down. Maybe they looked at it and said, “Really, I shouldn't have done it for that. It should have been posses

Public Safety committee  The schedule refers to the acts where you can find the cannabis offence. It is only for possession of cannabis. The documentation they would provide necessarily needs to indicate that the substance for which they've been charged under one of those acts was for cannabis.

Public Safety committee  I'm not quite sure. Do you mean in our approach to attracting them and the outreach?

Public Safety committee  As I said, I wouldn't associate Bill C-66 with being unsuccessful. I think the outreach was there. We have no data to show that it's because people didn't know about it. It's their free choice to apply. With respect to cannabis and the pardon for simple possession of cannabis, t

Public Safety committee  I'll check.

Public Safety committee  Only if they could not demonstrate that it was possession of cannabis and that they had completed their sentence.... If they couldn't demonstrate those two things they wouldn't fit within the parameters of Bill C-93.

Public Safety committee  I think that just goes to the credibility of the criminal justice system. You've had a criminal charge. It could have been five or 10 years ago. You didn't complete your sentence or you're still serving your sentence, but once the sentence is completed, it's finished.