1-in-8 Canadians have a criminal record, hindering their ability to find employment, travel, or even just coach their kids’ soccer games. Lift the Burden, an advocacy campaign sponsored by AllCleared (formerly Pardon Services Canada), aims to help erase the stigma of a past criminal record and advocate for legislative amendments to make record suspensions (formerly called pardons) free and accessible to all law-abiding Canadians.
Amendments made to the Criminal Records Act in 2012 have made it significantly more difficult for ordinary Canadians to receive a record suspension. Eligibility wait times jumped from three years to five years for summary offences and doubled from five years to 10 years for indictable offences. At the same time, government filing fees increased by a whopping 1200% from $50 to $631.
Company Details
- Founded
- -
- Address
- Vancouver, British Columbia V6c 2g8, Ca
- Industry
- Legal Services
- NAICS
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Legal ServicesOffices of NotariesOther Legal ServicesTitle Abstract and Settlement OfficesAll Other Legal Services
- Website
- http://www.lifttheburden.ca/
- Keywords
- Vancouver.
- HQ
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- Competitors
- AllCleared, Canadian Club of Vancouver.
Lift The Burden Canada Questions
Lift The Burden Canada's website is http://www.lifttheburden.ca/
Lift The Burden Canada's LinkedIn profile is https://ca.linkedin.com/company/lift-the-burden-canada
Lift The Burden Canada's industry is
Legal Services
Lift The Burden Canada's top competitors are
Allcleared,
Canadian Club Of Vancouver.
Lift The Burden Canada's categories are Legal Services
Lift The Burden Canada's founding year is 2012
