Criminal Records and Your Career

If you have a criminal record, you may very well be looking at difficulty in your professional life for as long as you work. A criminal record doesn’t go away simply because you served your sentence. The record has a rather unfortunate way of lingering and appearing...

What Is a Pardon?

The term “pardon” is often used to mean forgiveness. In a social setting, if you said, “Pardon me,” you would be essentially saying, “Forgive me.” But the term “pardon” has a different meaning in the Canadian legal system – it is less about forgiveness and more about...