Public Safety committee  I really like the idea of the automatic, after you serve that time and you've been basically crime free for that certain amount of time.

Public Safety committee  In regard to the timing, I agree with my friend Catherine here. She said the difference between a summary and an indictable offence.... I think the time frame should be a little different in order to reflect the crime, no question about it. But at the end of the day, I think gett

Public Safety committee  Agreed.

Public Safety committee  When I went to do my research, I realized that basically all these organizations were looking to exploit people in my situation, really around their language, and that wasn't what I was looking for. I needed support. I needed genuine support, not just somebody looking to make mon

Public Safety committee  I never thought about it before so you've put me on the spot. I think the word “pardon” says a lot. It means exactly what it says. You're forgiven, and it holds a lot of ground. “Open and closed file” I still feel doesn't have that same oomph as a pardon, but Catherine may have a

Public Safety committee  I can only imagine getting a letter in the mail or a phone call or something like that to tell me that I've been pardoned. I think the feeling would be the complete opposite of what I felt going through the complete process and then taking that extra step further in order to get

Public Safety committee  I would definitely agree as well, but I'd love to see a pardon come back. I mean, that word “pardon” just says so much more than “criminal record suspension”. It just feels like you're waiting for me, waiting for the numbers to go low to come knocking back on my door to tell me t

Public Safety committee  What's so funny is that the organization I currently work for.... I'm here representing the 7th Step Society, as I'm an adamant volunteer in my community, and it's very important to me to support those who have been in the same position I have to reintegrate into society and to

Public Safety committee  For me, I don't think the criminal record held me back in wanting to be the person I wanted to be, but I didn't get the opportunity to apply to law school when I wanted to apply. I just didn't want to put myself in a position where I was highlighting my past in a manner that woul

Public Safety committee  I have no speaking notes. I'm a little different from my friends here, Louise and Catherine. First and foremost, thank you for having me. I speak from my heart and I speak to my experience. It's very funny, I do have some subtle notes, but a lot of mine are going to come from t

Public Safety committee  Just so you know, this is definitely new to me and you can probably tell I'm a bit nervous. Coming from where I'm coming from, and being in a room of this magnitude, set up in this form, is definitely intimidating, to say the least. It's my first time, and you're going to have to