October 19, 2018
“Says criminal justice system “should focus on real criminals.”
People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier says he will support a bill introduced by NDP MP Murray Rankin that would expunge past pot possession convictions in cases where those convictions were for low-level, non-violent violations.
Rankin’s bill would fully expunge – rather than just pardon – those past convictions.
The issue of pardons has raised some concern, since a pardon still shows up on someones record, while an expungement would remove the record entirely.
On Twitter, Bernier said he would support the legislation:
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