British Columbia

BC & Ontario Pardon Eligibility Wait Times Reduced



Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has vowed to overhaul ‘punitive’ elements of the criminal pardons system. B.C .and Ontario residents with offences prior to 2012 have had their pardon eligibility wait times for summary and indictable offences reduced to three and five years respectively. These were the eligibility waiting periods pre-Bill C-10. That’s down from five and ten…