Public Safety committee  The Parole Board of Canada is always open to looking for ways to modernize the record suspension application process. Certainly, in terms of enabling an electronic or digitized application, we would need to consult and assess the impacts and the available resources in order to pu

Public Safety committee  Certainly, if there were amenable means for us to forge something from a modernized standpoint, the Parole Board would be open to those things.

Public Safety committee  It would be removed from the soldier's record when we notify them that the record suspension was ordered.

Public Safety committee  If they have other convictions, then they would not be eligible under this scheme.

Public Safety committee  If they have another conviction on their criminal record, they would be streamed through our regular program.

Public Safety committee  Convictions that fall under the National Defence Act would also be eligible for those who have been convicted only for simple possession of cannabis. For members and former members, we would ask them to obtain their military conduct sheet, and then we would be able to process the

Public Safety committee  We would notify the commanding officer after the record suspension was ordered.

Public Safety committee  It is legislated that those convictions fall under the Criminal Records Act so they would be put separate and apart as well.

Public Safety committee  I believe we deal with applicants who are in similar circumstances today who come forward to request a pardon or a record suspension. They are all across the country. They provide us with documentation required for our application.

Public Safety committee  I couldn't speak to the number of people who have come forward and who we have returned as ineligible for not having the application because of the fact that they were in a remote area. I don't have that data. We do have folks who have been convicted across the country who come f

Public Safety committee  The Parole Board is going to have the resources in place to process these applications when they come in. We currently have staff who are trained to do similar functions in processing record suspensions and pardon applications and as the volumes increase, we'll be ensured additio

Public Safety committee  At this juncture, the estimates that have been put in place for us and the RCMP to manage this group of applicants would entail the staff resources needed to process the applications and conduct notifications.

Public Safety committee  At the moment, when people apply for a pardon, a suspension of a criminal record, the documents submitted to us by those applying are official documents from police forces and courts. The applicants obtain documents bearing a seal or some kind of stamp that proves that they are g

Public Safety committee  The documents come to us in the proper form and bear a seal or a stamp. We can authenticate them and move on to examine the case.

Public Safety committee  Yes.